#C259F5#C259F5

#C259F5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.233 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C259F5
RGB	rgb(194, 89, 245)
HSL	hsl(280, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 63.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 65.89, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 89.56, 317.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.1581 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.233 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2990, 25.2078, 89.0059)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C259F5 #8CF559

analogous

#7459F5 #C259F5 #F559DA

triadic

#C259F5 #F5C259 #59F5C2

tetradic

#C259F5 #F57459 #8CF559 #59DAF5

square

#C259F5 #F57459 #8CF559 #59DAF5

split-complementary

#C259F5 #DAF559 #59F574

monochromatic

#8A0CC8 #AD1FF2 #C259F5 #D793F8 #ECCCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C259F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#C259F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C259F5

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C259F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C259F5	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0184FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E8CF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD779F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c259f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 89, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.233 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ef9',
    500: '#c259f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c259f5;
$custom-light: #d88ef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c259f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66029,
    "c": 0.23268,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C259F5

secondary

#CCEFBB

accent

#E5004B

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C259F5

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

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