#C857E5#C857E5

#C857E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.223 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857E5
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 64.97, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 83.46, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.1677 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.223 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3686, 24.7547, 76.7126)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857E5 #74E557

analogous

#8157E5 #C857E5 #E557BB

triadic

#C857E5 #E5C857 #57E5C8

tetradic

#C857E5 #E58157 #74E557 #57BBE5

square

#C857E5 #E58157 #74E557 #57BBE5

split-complementary

#C857E5 #BBE557 #57E581

monochromatic

#8B1AA8 #B722DD #C857E5 #D98CED #EBC1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C857E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C857E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857E5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857E5	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.223 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dee',
    500: '#c857e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857e5;
$custom-light: #dc8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.746,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.22261,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857E5

secondary

#BCE6B2

accent

#D51038

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857E5

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

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