#C259E4#C259E4

#C259E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.216 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259E4
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 62.48, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 81.75, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1583 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.216 317)
XYZ	xyz(39.8221, 24.2170, 75.9604)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259E4 #7BE459

analogous

#7D59E4 #C259E4 #E459C0

triadic

#C259E4 #E4C259 #59E4C2

tetradic

#C259E4 #E47D59 #7BE459 #59C0E4

square

#C259E4 #E47D59 #7BE459 #59C0E4

split-complementary

#C259E4 #C0E459 #59E47D

monochromatic

#851BA7 #AF24DB #C259E4 #D58EED #E9C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C259E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C259E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259E4

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259E4	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.216 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88eed',
    500: '#c259e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259e4;
$custom-light: #d88eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.324,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.2164,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259E4

secondary

#BFE6B3

accent

#D41141

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259E4

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

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