#C857DC#C857DC

#C857DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.214 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857DC
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 63.28, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 79.48, 322.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.1675 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.214 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1444, 24.2650, 70.2653)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857DC #6BDC57

analogous

#8557DC #C857DC #DC57AE

triadic

#C857DC #DCC857 #57DCC8

tetradic

#C857DC #DC8557 #6BDC57 #57AEDC

square

#C857DC #DC8557 #6BDC57 #57AEDC

split-complementary

#C857DC #AEDC57 #57DC85

monochromatic

#872099 #B32ACB #C857DC #D98AE7 #E9BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C857DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C857DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857DC

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857DC	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.214 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de7',
    500: '#c857dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857dc;
$custom-light: #dc8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.977,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65075,
    "c": 0.21442,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857DC

secondary

#B6E1AE

accent

#CD1833

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857DC

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

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