#C857E0#C857E0

#C857E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.218 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857E0
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 224)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 61.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 64.03, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 81.24, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.1676 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.218 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6805, 24.4795, 73.0887)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857E0 #6FE057

analogous

#8357E0 #C857E0 #E057B3

triadic

#C857E0 #E0C857 #57E0C8

tetradic

#C857E0 #E08357 #6FE057 #57B3E0

square

#C857E0 #E08357 #6FE057 #57B3E0

split-complementary

#C857E0 #B3E057 #57E083

monochromatic

#881D9F #B527D3 #C857E0 #D98BEA #EABEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C857E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C857E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857E0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857E0	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3580E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.218 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dea',
    500: '#c857e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857e0;
$custom-light: #dc8dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.489,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65298,
    "c": 0.21805,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857E0

secondary

#B9E3B0

accent

#D11536

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857E0

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

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