#C259D4#C259D4

#C259D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.201 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259D4
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 58%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 59.40, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 74.55, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1578 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.201 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7029, 23.3694, 64.7994)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259D4 #6BD459

analogous

#8559D4 #C259D4 #D459A8

triadic

#C259D4 #D4C259 #59D4C2

tetradic

#C259D4 #D48559 #6BD459 #59A8D4

square

#C259D4 #D48559 #6BD459 #59A8D4

split-complementary

#C259D4 #A8D459 #59D485

monochromatic

#7E258E #AA31BE #C259D4 #D48AE1 #E6BAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C259D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C259D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259D4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259D4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6689D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.201 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de2',
    500: '#c259d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259d4;
$custom-light: #d78de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.20136,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259D4

secondary

#B3DDAC

accent

#E2465D

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259D4

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

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