#C857E3#C857E3

#C857E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.221 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857E3
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 227)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 61.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 64.59, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 82.57, 321.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1677 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.221 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0910, 24.6436, 75.2504)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857E3 #72E357

analogous

#8257E3 #C857E3 #E357B8

triadic

#C857E3 #E3C857 #57E3C8

tetradic

#C857E3 #E38257 #72E357 #57B8E3

square

#C857E3 #E38257 #72E357 #57B8E3

split-complementary

#C857E3 #B8E357 #57E382

monochromatic

#8A1BA4 #B624D9 #C857E3 #D98BEC #EAC0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C857E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C857E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857E3

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857E3	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3180E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.221 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dec',
    500: '#c857e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857e3;
$custom-light: #dc8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65468,
    "c": 0.22078,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857E3

secondary

#BBE5B1

accent

#D31237

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857E3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →