#C857DD#C857DD

#C857DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.215 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857DD
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 63.47, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 79.92, 322.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.1676 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.215 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2773, 24.3182, 70.9649)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857DD #6CDD57

analogous

#8557DD #C857DD #DD57AF

triadic

#C857DD #DDC857 #57DDC8

tetradic

#C857DD #DD8557 #6CDD57 #57AFDD

square

#C857DD #DD8557 #6CDD57 #57AFDD

split-complementary

#C857DD #AFDD57 #57DD85

monochromatic

#871F9A #B42ACD #C857DD #D98AE7 #E9BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C857DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C857DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857DD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857DD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.215 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de8',
    500: '#c857dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857dd;
$custom-light: #dc8de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.597,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6513,
    "c": 0.21532,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857DD

secondary

#B6E1AE

accent

#CE1734

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857DD

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

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