#C259D9#C259D9

#C259D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.206 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259D9
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 60.35, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 76.78, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.158 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.206 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3434, 23.6256, 68.1727)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259D9 #70D959

analogous

#8259D9 #C259D9 #D959B0

triadic

#C259D9 #D9C259 #59D9C2

tetradic

#C259D9 #D98259 #70D959 #59B0D9

square

#C259D9 #D98259 #70D959 #59B0D9

split-complementary

#C259D9 #B0D959 #59D982

monochromatic

#812295 #AC2EC7 #C259D9 #D48BE4 #E7BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C259D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C259D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259D9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259D9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6389D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.206 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de5',
    500: '#c259d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259d9;
$custom-light: #d78de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.219,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64389,
    "c": 0.20602,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259D9

secondary

#B7E0AE

accent

#E6425F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259D9

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

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