#C957EA#C957EA

#C957EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.228 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C957EA
RGBrgb(201, 87, 234)
HSLhsl(287, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(287, 63%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(14.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.25, 66.16, -54.52)
CIE-LCHlch(57.25, 85.73, 320.51°)
OKLaboklab(66% 0.1689 -0.1526)
OKLCHoklch(66% 0.228 317.9)
XYZxyz(42.3448, 25.1762, 80.4549)
Luminance0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C957EA #78EA57
analogous
#8057EA #C957EA #EA57C1
triadic
#C957EA #EAC957 #57EAC9
tetradic
#C957EA #EA8057 #78EA57 #57C1EA
square
#C957EA #EA8057 #78EA57 #57C1EA
split-complementary
#C957EA #C1EA57 #57EA80
monochromatic
#8E16B1 #B821E3 #C957EA #DA8DF1 #ECC4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#C957EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#C957EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C957EA
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C957EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C957EA1.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2782EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D8DE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C87199
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c957ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.228 317.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8df1',
    500: '#c957ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c957ea;
$custom-light: #dd8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c957ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.531,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65996,
    "c": 0.22762,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C957EA
secondary
#C0E9B4
accent
#DA0B3A
background
#FEF9FE
surface
#FCF1FD
border
#D5CBD5
text
#150D17
muted
#847E85

Preview Lab

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#C957EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva