#C957DD#C957DD

#C957DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.216 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C957DD
RGB	rgb(201, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 63.71, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 79.97, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.1687 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.216 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5453, 24.4563, 70.9775)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C957DD #6BDD57

analogous

#8657DD #C957DD #DD57AE

triadic

#C957DD #DDC957 #57DDC9

tetradic

#C957DD #DD8657 #6BDD57 #57AEDD

square

#C957DD #DD8657 #6BDD57 #57AEDD

split-complementary

#C957DD #AEDD57 #57DD86

monochromatic

#881F9A #B52ACD #C957DD #D98AE7 #EABDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C957DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C957DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C957DD

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C957DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C957DD	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c957dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.216 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8de8',
    500: '#c957dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c957dd;
$custom-light: #dd8de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c957dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.045,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.21579,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C957DD

secondary

#B6E1AE

accent

#CE1733

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C957DD

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

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