#C857CE#C857CE

#C857CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.202 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857CE
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(297, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 60.74, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 73.44, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1667 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.202 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3674, 23.5542, 60.9061)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857CE #5DCE57

analogous

#8D57CE #C857CE #CE5798

triadic

#C857CE #CEC857 #57CEC8

tetradic

#C857CE #CE8D57 #5DCE57 #5798CE

square

#C857CE #CE8D57 #5DCE57 #5798CE

split-complementary

#C857CE #98CE57 #57CE8D

monochromatic

#7F2784 #AD34B3 #C857CE #D886DC #E7B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C857CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C857CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857CE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857CE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.202 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8cdd',
    500: '#c857ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857ce;
$custom-light: #dc8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.975,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.20196,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857CE

secondary

#ABD8A8

accent

#DE4A51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857CE

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

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