#C857CC#C857CC

#C857CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.200 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857CC
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 60.38, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 72.59, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1665 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.2 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1260, 23.4576, 59.6346)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857CC #5BCC57

analogous

#8E57CC #C857CC #CC5795

triadic

#C857CC #CCC857 #57CCC8

tetradic

#C857CC #CC8E57 #5BCC57 #5795CC

square

#C857CC #CC8E57 #5BCC57 #5795CC

split-complementary

#C857CC #95CC57 #57CC8E

monochromatic

#7E2781 #AC36B0 #C857CC #D786DA #E7B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C857CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C857CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857CC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857CC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.200 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8cdc',
    500: '#c857cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857cc;
$custom-light: #db8cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.949,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6422,
    "c": 0.20022,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857CC

secondary

#A9D7A8

accent

#DD4B50

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857CC

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

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