#C857C2#C857C2

#C857C2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.192 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857C2
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 194)
HSL	hsl(303, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 3%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 58.65, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 68.46, 328.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1654 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.192 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9649, 22.9932, 53.5196)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857C2 #57C85D

analogous

#9657C8 #C857C2 #C8578A

triadic

#C857C2 #C2C857 #57C2C8

tetradic

#C857C2 #C89657 #57C85D #578AC8

square

#C857C2 #C89657 #57C85D #578AC8

split-complementary

#C857C2 #8AC857 #57C896

monochromatic

#7C2978 #AA38A4 #C857C2 #D785D3 #E6B3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C857C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C857C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857C2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857C2	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.192 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd5',
    500: '#c857c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857c2;
$custom-light: #db8cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.186,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63718,
    "c": 0.19169,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857C2

secondary

#A6D5A9

accent

#DA554E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857C2

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

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