#C857DE#C857DE

#C857DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.216 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857DE
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 63.65, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 80.36, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.1676 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.216 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4109, 24.3716, 71.6687)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857DE #6DDE57

analogous

#8457DE #C857DE #DE57B0

triadic

#C857DE #DEC857 #57DEC8

tetradic

#C857DE #DE8457 #6DDE57 #57B0DE

square

#C857DE #DE8457 #6DDE57 #57B0DE

split-complementary

#C857DE #B0DE57 #57DE84

monochromatic

#881F9C #B429CF #C857DE #D98AE8 #E9BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C857DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C857DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857DE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857DE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.216 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de9',
    500: '#c857de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857de;
$custom-light: #dc8de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65186,
    "c": 0.21623,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857DE

secondary

#B7E2AF

accent

#CF1635

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857DE

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

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