#C857DF#C857DF

#C857DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.217 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857DF
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 63.84, -49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 80.80, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1676 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.217 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5453, 24.4254, 72.3766)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857DF #6EDF57

analogous

#8457DF #C857DF #DF57B2

triadic

#C857DF #DFC857 #57DFC8

tetradic

#C857DF #DF8457 #6EDF57 #57B2DF

square

#C857DF #DF8457 #6EDF57 #57B2DF

split-complementary

#C857DF #B2DF57 #57DF84

monochromatic

#881E9E #B428D1 #C857DF #D98AE9 #EABEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C857DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C857DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857DF

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857DF	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3680E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.217 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8de9',
    500: '#c857df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857df;
$custom-light: #dc8de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.853,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65242,
    "c": 0.21714,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857DF

secondary

#B8E3AF

accent

#D01635

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857DF

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

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