#C259CC#C259CC

#C259CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.194 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259CC
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 57.92, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 71.03, 324.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.1572 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.194 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7186, 22.9757, 59.6157)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259CC #63CC59

analogous

#8959CC #C259CC #CC599C

triadic

#C259CC #CCC259 #59CCC2

tetradic

#C259CC #CC8959 #63CC59 #599CCC

square

#C259CC #CC8959 #63CC59 #599CCC

split-complementary

#C259CC #9CCC59 #59CC89

monochromatic

#7B2883 #A736B1 #C259CC #D388DA #E4B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C259CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C259CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259CC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259CC	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.194 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ddc',
    500: '#c259cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259cc;
$custom-light: #d78ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63689,
    "c": 0.19403,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259CC

secondary

#ADD8A9

accent

#DC4B58

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259CC

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

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