#C259D8#C259D8

#C259D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.205 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259D8
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(290, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 60.16, -46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 76.33, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.158 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.205 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2137, 23.5737, 67.4897)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259D8 #6FD859

analogous

#8259D8 #C259D8 #D859AF

triadic

#C259D8 #D8C259 #59D8C2

tetradic

#C259D8 #D88259 #6FD859 #59AFD8

square

#C259D8 #D88259 #6FD859 #59AFD8

split-complementary

#C259D8 #AFD859 #59D882

monochromatic

#802394 #AB2EC5 #C259D8 #D48BE4 #E6BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C259D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C259D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259D8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259D8	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.205 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de4',
    500: '#c259d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259d8;
$custom-light: #d78de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.606,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64334,
    "c": 0.20508,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259D8

secondary

#B6DFAE

accent

#E5435F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259D8

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

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