#C857E9#C857E9

#C857E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.226 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857E9
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 65.74, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 85.25, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1677 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.226 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9335, 24.9807, 79.6879)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857E9 #78E957

analogous

#7F57E9 #C857E9 #E957C1

triadic

#C857E9 #E9C857 #57E9C8

tetradic

#C857E9 #E97F57 #78E957 #57C1E9

square

#C857E9 #E97F57 #78E957 #57C1E9

split-complementary

#C857E9 #C1E957 #57E97F

monochromatic

#8C17AF #B621E2 #C857E9 #DA8DF0 #EBC3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C857E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#C857E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857E9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857E9	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2882ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.226 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df1',
    500: '#c857e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857e9;
$custom-light: #dc8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.438,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65813,
    "c": 0.22628,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857E9

secondary

#BFE8B3

accent

#D90C3B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857E9

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

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