#C557E9#C557E9

#C557E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.225 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C557E9
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 65.05, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 85.15, 319.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.1642 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.225 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1400, 24.5715, 79.6507)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C557E9 #7BE957

analogous

#7C57E9 #C557E9 #E957C4

triadic

#C557E9 #E9C557 #57E9C5

tetradic

#C557E9 #E97C57 #7BE957 #57C4E9

square

#C557E9 #E97C57 #7BE957 #57C4E9

split-complementary

#C557E9 #C4E957 #57E97C

monochromatic

#8917AF #B221E2 #C557E9 #D88DF0 #EAC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C557E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C557E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C557E9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C557E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C557E9	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2581ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c557e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.225 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8df1',
    500: '#c557e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c557e9;
$custom-light: #da8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c557e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6544,
    "c": 0.22506,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C557E9

secondary

#C1E8B3

accent

#D90C3F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C557E9

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

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