#C557EB#C557EB

#C557EB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.227 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C557EB
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(285, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 65.44, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 86.05, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.1642 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.227 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4273, 24.6864, 81.1639)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C557EB #7DEB57

analogous

#7B57EB #C557EB #EB57C7

triadic

#C557EB #EBC557 #57EBC5

tetradic

#C557EB #EB7B57 #7DEB57 #57C7EB

square

#C557EB #EB7B57 #7DEB57 #57C7EB

split-complementary

#C557EB #C7EB57 #57EB7B

monochromatic

#8A15B2 #B220E4 #C557EB #D88EF2 #EBC4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C557EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C557EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C557EB

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C557EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C557EB	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2181EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3729A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c557eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.227 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8df2',
    500: '#c557eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c557eb;
$custom-light: #da8df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c557eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.595,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65558,
    "c": 0.22693,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C557EB

secondary

#C2E9B4

accent

#DB0A40

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C557EB

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

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