#C557CC#C557CC

#C557CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.199 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C557CC
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(296, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 59.61, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 72.34, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.1631 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.199 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3324, 23.0484, 59.5974)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C557CC #5ECC57

analogous

#8A57CC #C557CC #CC5799

triadic

#C557CC #CCC557 #57CCC5

tetradic

#C557CC #CC8A57 #5ECC57 #5799CC

square

#C557CC #CC8A57 #5ECC57 #5799CC

split-complementary

#C557CC #99CC57 #57CC8A

monochromatic

#7C2781 #A936B0 #C557CC #D586DA #E5B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C557CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C557CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C557CC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C557CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C557CC	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c557cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.199 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98cdc',
    500: '#c557cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c557cc;
$custom-light: #d98cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c557cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.41,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63829,
    "c": 0.19859,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C557CC

secondary

#AAD7A8

accent

#DD4B54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C557CC

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

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