#C857D5#C857D5

#C857D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.208 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857D5
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 213)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(294, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 59.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 62.00, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 76.43, 324.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.1672 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.208 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2367, 23.9019, 65.4847)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857D5 #64D557

analogous

#8957D5 #C857D5 #D557A3

triadic

#C857D5 #D5C857 #57D5C8

tetradic

#C857D5 #D58957 #64D557 #57A3D5

square

#C857D5 #D58957 #64D557 #57A3D5

split-complementary

#C857D5 #A3D557 #57D589

monochromatic

#83248E #B030BF #C857D5 #D888E1 #E8B9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C857D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C857D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857D5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857D5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB698E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.208 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de2',
    500: '#c857d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857d5;
$custom-light: #dc8de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.81,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64694,
    "c": 0.20814,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857D5

secondary

#B0DDAB

accent

#E34555

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857D5

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

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