#C853E5#C853E5

#C853E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.228 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C853E5
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(288, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 66.69, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 85.42, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.1723 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.228 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0537, 24.1249, 76.6076)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C853E5 #70E553

analogous

#7F53E5 #C853E5 #E553B9

triadic

#C853E5 #E5C853 #53E5C8

tetradic

#C853E5 #E57F53 #70E553 #53B9E5

square

#C853E5 #E57F53 #70E553 #53B9E5

split-complementary

#C853E5 #B9E553 #53E57F

monochromatic

#8919A5 #B521DA #C853E5 #D988ED #EABDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C853E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C853E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C853E5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C853E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C853E5	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c853e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.228 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8bee',
    500: '#c853e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c853e5;
$custom-light: #dc8bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c853e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.082,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65131,
    "c": 0.22793,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C853E5

secondary

#B9E5AE

accent

#D61037

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C853E5

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

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