#C259E9#C259E9

#C259E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.221 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259E9
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 63.47, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 84.03, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.1583 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.221 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5262, 24.4987, 79.6689)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259E9 #80E959

analogous

#7A59E9 #C259E9 #E959C8

triadic

#C259E9 #E9C259 #59E9C2

tetradic

#C259E9 #E97A59 #80E959 #59C8E9

square

#C259E9 #E97A59 #80E959 #59C8E9

split-complementary

#C259E9 #C8E959 #59E97A

monochromatic

#8717B0 #AE23E2 #C259E9 #D68FF0 #EAC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C259E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C259E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259E9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259E9	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2781ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.221 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ef1',
    500: '#c259e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259e9;
$custom-light: #d88ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65305,
    "c": 0.22116,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259E9

secondary

#C3E9B5

accent

#D90D44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259E9

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

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