#C857BE#C857BE

#C857BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.188 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857BE
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(305, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 57.98, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 66.86, 330.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1649 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.188 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5217, 22.8159, 51.1855)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857BE #57C861

analogous

#9A57C8 #C857BE #C85786

triadic

#C857BE #BEC857 #57BEC8

tetradic

#C857BE #C89A57 #57C861 #5786C8

square

#C857BE #C89A57 #57C861 #5786C8

split-complementary

#C857BE #86C857 #57C89A

monochromatic

#7C2975 #AA38A0 #C857BE #D785D0 #E6B3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C857BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C857BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857BE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857BE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.188 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd2',
    500: '#c857be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857be;
$custom-light: #db8cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.31,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63524,
    "c": 0.18837,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857BE

secondary

#A6D5AA

accent

#DA5A4E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857BE

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

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