#C259C8#C259C8

#C259C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.190 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259C8
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(297, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 57.19, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 69.30, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1568 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.19 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2450, 22.7862, 57.1214)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259C8 #5FC859

analogous

#8B59C8 #C259C8 #C85997

triadic

#C259C8 #C8C259 #59C8C2

tetradic

#C259C8 #C88B59 #5FC859 #5997C8

square

#C259C8 #C88B59 #5FC859 #5997C8

split-complementary

#C259C8 #97C859 #59C88B

monochromatic

#79297D #A539AB #C259C8 #D387D7 #E4B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C259C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C259C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259C8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259C8	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.190 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78dd9',
    500: '#c259c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259c8;
$custom-light: #d78dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.757,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63482,
    "c": 0.19041,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259C8

secondary

#AAD5A8

accent

#DA4E56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259C8

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

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