#C259BC#C259BC

#C259BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.180 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259BC
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 55.06, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 64.27, 328.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1553 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.18 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8973, 22.2471, 50.0232)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259BC #59C25F

analogous

#9459C2 #C259BC #C25987

triadic

#C259BC #BCC259 #59BCC2

tetradic

#C259BC #C29459 #59C25F #5987C2

square

#C259BC #C29459 #59C25F #5987C2

split-complementary

#C259BC #87C259 #59C294

monochromatic

#752B71 #A23C9C #C259BC #D286CE #E3B3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C259BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#C259BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259BC

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259BC	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.180 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78dd0',
    500: '#c259bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259bc;
$custom-light: #d78dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.429,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62885,
    "c": 0.17987,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259BC

secondary

#A6D1A8

accent

#D65952

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259BC

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

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