#C857C8#C857C8

#C857C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.197 H 327.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857C8
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 59.68, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 70.92, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.1661 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.197 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6524, 23.2682, 57.1404)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857C8 #57C857

analogous

#9057C8 #C857C8 #C85790

triadic

#C857C8 #C8C857 #57C8C8

tetradic

#C857C8 #C89057 #57C857 #5790C8

square

#C857C8 #C89057 #57C857 #5790C8

split-complementary

#C857C8 #90C857 #57C890

monochromatic

#7C297C #AA38AA #C857C8 #D785D7 #E6B3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C857C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C857C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857C8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857C8	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.197 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cd9',
    500: '#c857c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857c8;
$custom-light: #db8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64016,
    "c": 0.19677,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857C8

secondary

#A6D5A6

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857C8

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

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