#C857E1#C857E1

#C857E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.219 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857E1
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(289, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 64.22, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 81.68, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.1677 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.219 320)
XYZ	xyz(40.8165, 24.5339, 73.8051)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857E1 #70E157

analogous

#8357E1 #C857E1 #E157B5

triadic

#C857E1 #E1C857 #57E1C8

tetradic

#C857E1 #E18357 #70E157 #57B5E1

square

#C857E1 #E18357 #70E157 #57B5E1

split-complementary

#C857E1 #B5E157 #57E183

monochromatic

#891DA1 #B526D5 #C857E1 #D98BEA #EABFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C857E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C857E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857E1

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857E1	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3480E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.219 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8deb',
    500: '#c857e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857e1;
$custom-light: #dc8deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.13,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65354,
    "c": 0.21895,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.24532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857E1

secondary

#B9E4B0

accent

#D21436

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857E1

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

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