#C557EE#C557EE

#C557EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.230 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C557EE
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(284, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 66.03, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 87.41, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.1641 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.23 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8643, 24.8612, 83.4658)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C557EE #80EE57

analogous

#7957EE #C557EE #EE57CB

triadic

#C557EE #EEC557 #57EEC5

tetradic

#C557EE #EE7957 #80EE57 #57CBEE

square

#C557EE #EE7957 #80EE57 #57CBEE

split-complementary

#C557EE #CBEE57 #57EE79

monochromatic

#8B13B8 #B21FE8 #C557EE #D88FF4 #EBC6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C557EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#C557EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C557EE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C557EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C557EE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A82F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c557ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.230 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8df4',
    500: '#c557ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c557ee;
$custom-light: #da8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c557ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.709,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65737,
    "c": 0.22974,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C557EE

secondary

#C4EBB6

accent

#DE0842

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C557EE

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

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