#C857D3#C857D3

#C857D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.206 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857D3
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 211)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(295, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 58.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 61.63, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 75.57, 324.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.167 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.206 324)
XYZ	xyz(38.9844, 23.8010, 64.1560)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857D3 #62D357

analogous

#8A57D3 #C857D3 #D357A0

triadic

#C857D3 #D3C857 #57D3C8

tetradic

#C857D3 #D38A57 #62D357 #57A0D3

square

#C857D3 #D38A57 #62D357 #57A0D3

split-complementary

#C857D3 #A0D357 #57D38A

monochromatic

#82248B #AF31BC #C857D3 #D887E0 #E8B8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C857D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#C857D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857D3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857D3	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.206 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de1',
    500: '#c857d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857d3;
$custom-light: #dc8de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.677,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64587,
    "c": 0.20637,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.23799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857D3

secondary

#AFDCAA

accent

#E24654

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857D3

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

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