#C657E3#C657E3

#C657E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.220 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C657E3
RGB	rgb(198, 87, 227)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 64.12, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 82.48, 321.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1654 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.22 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5602, 24.3699, 75.2255)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C657E3 #74E357

analogous

#8057E3 #C657E3 #E357BA

triadic

#C657E3 #E3C657 #57E3C6

tetradic

#C657E3 #E38057 #74E357 #57BAE3

square

#C657E3 #E38057 #74E357 #57BAE3

split-complementary

#C657E3 #BAE357 #57E380

monochromatic

#881BA4 #B324D9 #C657E3 #D88BEC #EAC0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C657E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C657E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C657E3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C657E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C657E3	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c657e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 87, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.220 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8dec',
    500: '#c657e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c657e3;
$custom-light: #db8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c657e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65216,
    "c": 0.21991,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C657E3

secondary

#BCE5B1

accent

#D3123A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C657E3

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

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