#C259E8#C259E8

#C259E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.220 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259E8
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 63.27, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 83.58, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1583 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.22 316)
XYZ	xyz(40.3838, 24.4417, 78.9187)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259E8 #7FE859

analogous

#7A59E8 #C259E8 #E859C6

triadic

#C259E8 #E8C259 #59E8C2

tetradic

#C259E8 #E87A59 #7FE859 #59C6E8

square

#C259E8 #E87A59 #7FE859 #59C6E8

split-complementary

#C259E8 #C6E859 #59E87A

monochromatic

#8718AE #AE23E1 #C259E8 #D68FEF #EAC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C259E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C259E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259E8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259E8	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2981EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.220 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ef0',
    500: '#c259e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259e8;
$custom-light: #d88ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.056,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65246,
    "c": 0.22021,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.2444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259E8

secondary

#C2E8B5

accent

#D80E43

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259E8

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

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