#C957EE#C957EE

#C957EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.231 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C957EE
RGB	rgb(201, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 66.93, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 87.53, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.1689 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.231 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9259, 25.4086, 83.5155)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C957EE #7CEE57

analogous

#7D57EE #C957EE #EE57C7

triadic

#C957EE #EEC957 #57EEC9

tetradic

#C957EE #EE7D57 #7CEE57 #57C7EE

square

#C957EE #EE7D57 #7CEE57 #57C7EE

split-complementary

#C957EE #C7EE57 #57EE7D

monochromatic

#8F13B8 #B71FE8 #C957EE #DB8FF4 #EDC6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C957EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#C957EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C957EE

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C957EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C957EE	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2083F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7729B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c957ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.231 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8df4',
    500: '#c957ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c957ee;
$custom-light: #dd8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c957ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.298,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66231,
    "c": 0.23129,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C957EE

secondary

#C3EBB6

accent

#DE083C

background

#FEF9FF

surface

#FCF1FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C957EE

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

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