#C857DB#C857DB

#C857DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.214 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857DB
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 63.10, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 79.04, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.1675 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.214 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0124, 24.2122, 69.5699)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857DB #6ADB57

analogous

#8657DB #C857DB #DB57AC

triadic

#C857DB #DBC857 #57DBC8

tetradic

#C857DB #DB8657 #6ADB57 #57ACDB

square

#C857DB #DB8657 #6ADB57 #57ACDB

split-complementary

#C857DB #ACDB57 #57DB86

monochromatic

#862097 #B32BCA #C857DB #D989E6 #E9BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C857DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C857DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857DB

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857DB	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.214 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de7',
    500: '#c857db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857db;
$custom-light: #dc8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.21352,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857DB

secondary

#B5E0AD

accent

#E84058

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857DB

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

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