#C857EE#C857EE

#C857EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.231 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C857EE
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 66.70, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 87.50, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.1677 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.231 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6579, 25.2704, 83.5030)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C857EE #7DEE57

analogous

#7C57EE #C857EE #EE57C8

triadic

#C857EE #EEC857 #57EEC8

tetradic

#C857EE #EE7C57 #7DEE57 #57C8EE

square

#C857EE #EE7C57 #7DEE57 #57C8EE

split-complementary

#C857EE #C8EE57 #57EE7C

monochromatic

#8E13B8 #B61FE8 #C857EE #DA8FF4 #ECC6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C857EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C857EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C857EE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C857EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C857EE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E83F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6729B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c857ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.231 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8df4',
    500: '#c857ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c857ee;
$custom-light: #dc8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c857ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.901,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66107,
    "c": 0.2309,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C857EE

secondary

#C3EBB6

accent

#DE083D

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C857EE

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

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