#C657E9#C657E9

#C657E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.225 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C657E9
RGB	rgb(198, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 65.28, -54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 85.18, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.1654 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.225 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4027, 24.7070, 79.6630)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C657E9 #7AE957

analogous

#7D57E9 #C657E9 #E957C3

triadic

#C657E9 #E9C657 #57E9C6

tetradic

#C657E9 #E97D57 #7AE957 #57C3E9

square

#C657E9 #E97D57 #7AE957 #57C3E9

split-complementary

#C657E9 #C3E957 #57E97D

monochromatic

#8A17AF #B421E2 #C657E9 #D88DF0 #EBC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C657E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C657E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C657E9

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C657E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C657E9	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#2681ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c657e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.225 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8df1',
    500: '#c657e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c657e9;
$custom-light: #db8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c657e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.616,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65564,
    "c": 0.22546,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C657E9

secondary

#C0E8B3

accent

#D90C3D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C657E9

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

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