#C259DF#C259DF

#C259DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.212 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259DF
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 223)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 60.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 61.50, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 79.48, 320.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.1582 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.212 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1380, 23.9434, 72.3577)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259DF #76DF59

analogous

#7F59DF #C259DF #DF59B9

triadic

#C259DF #DFC259 #59DFC2

tetradic

#C259DF #DF7F59 #76DF59 #59B9DF

square

#C259DF #DF7F59 #76DF59 #59B9DF

split-complementary

#C259DF #B9DF59 #59DF7F

monochromatic

#831F9F #AE29D2 #C259DF #D58CE9 #E8C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C259DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C259DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259DF

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259DF	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.212 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ee9',
    500: '#c259df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259df;
$custom-light: #d88ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.015,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64726,
    "c": 0.21166,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259DF

secondary

#BCE3B1

accent

#D0163E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259DF

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

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