#C259CD#C259CD

#C259CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.195 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259CD
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 58.10, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 71.47, 324.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1572 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.195 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8389, 23.0238, 60.2494)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259CD #64CD59

analogous

#8859CD #C259CD #CD599E

triadic

#C259CD #CDC259 #59CDC2

tetradic

#C259CD #CD8859 #64CD59 #599ECD

square

#C259CD #CD8859 #64CD59 #599ECD

split-complementary

#C259CD #9ECD59 #59CD88

monochromatic

#7B2884 #A736B3 #C259CD #D388DB #E5B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C259CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C259CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259CD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259CD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.195 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ddd',
    500: '#c259cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259cd;
$custom-light: #d78ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.19494,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259CD

secondary

#AED8AA

accent

#DD4B59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259CD

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

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