#C259BD#C259BD

#C259BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.181 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259BD
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 55.24, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 64.68, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1554 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.181 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0054, 22.2904, 50.5929)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259BD #59C25E

analogous

#9259C2 #C259BD #C25988

triadic

#C259BD #BDC259 #59BDC2

tetradic

#C259BD #C29259 #59C25E #5988C2

square

#C259BD #C29259 #59C25E #5988C2

split-complementary

#C259BD #88C259 #59C292

monochromatic

#752B72 #A23C9D #C259BD #D286CF #E3B3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C259BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#C259BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259BD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259BD	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.181 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78dd1',
    500: '#c259bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259bd;
$custom-light: #d78dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62934,
    "c": 0.18073,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259BD

secondary

#A6D1A8

accent

#D65852

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259BD

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

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