#C457EF#C457EF

#C457EF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.230 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C457EF
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(283, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 66.01, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 87.84, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.1629 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.23 315)
XYZ	xyz(41.7506, 24.7856, 84.2294)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C457EF #82EF57

analogous

#7857EF #C457EF #EF57CE

triadic

#C457EF #EFC457 #57EFC4

tetradic

#C457EF #EF7857 #82EF57 #57CEEF

square

#C457EF #EF7857 #82EF57 #57CEEF

split-complementary

#C457EF #CEEF57 #57EF78

monochromatic

#8A12BA #B01FEA #C457EF #D88FF4 #EBC7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C457EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#C457EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C457EF

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C457EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C457EF	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1582F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1739C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c457ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.230 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8df5',
    500: '#c457ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c457ef;
$custom-light: #da8df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c457ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.026,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65674,
    "c": 0.2303,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.24784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C457EF

secondary

#C5ECB6

accent

#DF0644

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C457EF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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