#C857D8#C857D8

#C857D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.211 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857D8
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 216)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 62.54, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 77.73, 323.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.1673 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.211 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6210, 24.0557, 67.5087)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857D8 #67D857

analogous

#8857D8 #C857D8 #D857A8

triadic

#C857D8 #D8C857 #57D8C8

tetradic

#C857D8 #D88857 #67D857 #57A8D8

square

#C857D8 #D88857 #67D857 #57A8D8

split-complementary

#C857D8 #A8D857 #57D888

monochromatic

#852293 #B22EC4 #C857D8 #D889E4 #E9BAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C857D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C857D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857D8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857D8	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.211 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de4',
    500: '#c857d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857d8;
$custom-light: #dc8de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.558,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64856,
    "c": 0.21082,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857D8

secondary

#B3DFAC

accent

#E54257

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857D8

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

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