#C259DD#C259DD

#C259DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.210 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259DD
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 61.12, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 78.57, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.1582 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.21 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8699, 23.8362, 70.9460)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259DD #74DD59

analogous

#8059DD #C259DD #DD59B6

triadic

#C259DD #DDC259 #59DDC2

tetradic

#C259DD #DD8059 #74DD59 #59B6DD

square

#C259DD #DD8059 #74DD59 #59B6DD

split-complementary

#C259DD #B6DD59 #59DD80

monochromatic

#82209C #AD2ACF #C259DD #D58CE7 #E7BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C259DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C259DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259DD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259DD	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.210 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ee8',
    500: '#c259dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259dd;
$custom-light: #d78ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64613,
    "c": 0.20978,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259DD

secondary

#BAE2B0

accent

#CE183D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259DD

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

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