#C259DB#C259DB

#C259DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.208 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259DB
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 60.73, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 77.67, 321.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.1581 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.208 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6051, 23.7302, 69.5510)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259DB #72DB59

analogous

#8159DB #C259DB #DB59B3

triadic

#C259DB #DBC259 #59DBC2

tetradic

#C259DB #DB8159 #72DB59 #59B3DB

square

#C259DB #DB8159 #72DB59 #59B3DB

split-complementary

#C259DB #B3DB59 #59DB81

monochromatic

#822199 #AC2CCB #C259DB #D48BE6 #E7BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C259DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C259DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259DB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259DB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6289D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.208 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de7',
    500: '#c259db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259db;
$custom-light: #d78de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64501,
    "c": 0.2079,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259DB

secondary

#B9E1AF

accent

#CC193C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259DB

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

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