#C557D8#C557D8

#C557D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.209 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C557D8
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 61.81, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 77.55, 322.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1639 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.209 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8275, 23.6465, 67.4715)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C557D8 #6AD857

analogous

#8557D8 #C557D8 #D857AB

triadic

#C557D8 #D8C557 #57D8C5

tetradic

#C557D8 #D88557 #6AD857 #57ABD8

square

#C557D8 #D88557 #6AD857 #57ABD8

split-complementary

#C557D8 #ABD857 #57D885

monochromatic

#822293 #AE2EC4 #C557D8 #D689E4 #E7BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C557D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C557D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C557D8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C557D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C557D8	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c557d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.209 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8ce4',
    500: '#c557d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c557d8;
$custom-light: #da8ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c557d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.163,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64472,
    "c": 0.20937,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C557D8

secondary

#B4DFAC

accent

#E5425A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C557D8

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

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