#C557EF#C557EF

#C557EF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.231 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C557EF
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(283, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 66.23, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 87.87, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.1641 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.231 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0117, 24.9202, 84.2417)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C557EF #81EF57

analogous

#7957EF #C557EF #EF57CD

triadic

#C557EF #EFC557 #57EFC5

tetradic

#C557EF #EF7957 #81EF57 #57CDEF

square

#C557EF #EF7957 #81EF57 #57CDEF

split-complementary

#C557EF #CDEF57 #57EF79

monochromatic

#8B12BA #B21FEA #C557EF #D88FF4 #ECC7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#C557EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#C557EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C557EF

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C557EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C557EF	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1782F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2739C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c557ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.231 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8df5',
    500: '#c557ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c557ef;
$custom-light: #da8df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c557ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.421,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.23068,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C557EF

secondary

#C5ECB6

accent

#DF0642

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C557EF

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

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