#C259EE#C259EE

#C259EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.226 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259EE
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(282, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 64.47, -57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 86.33, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.1583 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.226 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2506, 24.7885, 83.4840)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259EE #85EE59

analogous

#7859EE #C259EE #EE59D0

triadic

#C259EE #EEC259 #59EEC2

tetradic

#C259EE #EE7859 #85EE59 #59D0EE

square

#C259EE #EE7859 #85EE59 #59D0EE

split-complementary

#C259EE #D0EE59 #59EE78

monochromatic

#8813BA #AE21E8 #C259EE #D691F4 #EBC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C259EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#C259EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259EE

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259EE	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D83F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE759C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.226 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ef4',
    500: '#c259ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259ee;
$custom-light: #d88ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.282,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65603,
    "c": 0.22595,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259EE

secondary

#C7EBB7

accent

#DE0847

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259EE

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

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