#C857E4#C857E4

#C857E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.222 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857E4
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(288, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 64.78, -51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 83.02, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.1677 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.222 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2294, 24.6990, 75.9794)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857E4 #73E457

analogous

#8257E4 #C857E4 #E457BA

triadic

#C857E4 #E4C857 #57E4C8

tetradic

#C857E4 #E48257 #73E457 #57BAE4

square

#C857E4 #E48257 #73E457 #57BAE4

split-complementary

#C857E4 #BAE457 #57E482

monochromatic

#8A1BA6 #B623DB #C857E4 #D98CEC #EBC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C857E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C857E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857E4

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857E4	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3081E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.222 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ded',
    500: '#c857e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857e4;
$custom-light: #dc8ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.085,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65525,
    "c": 0.2217,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857E4

secondary

#BCE6B1

accent

#D41138

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857E4

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

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