#C459C9#C459C9

#C459C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.192 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C459C9
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 201)
HSL	hsl(297, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(297, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 55.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 57.90, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 69.91, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1591 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.192 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8792, 23.0997, 57.7632)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C459C9 #5EC959

analogous

#8C59C9 #C459C9 #C95996

triadic

#C459C9 #C9C459 #59C9C4

tetradic

#C459C9 #C98C59 #5EC959 #5996C9

square

#C459C9 #C98C59 #5EC959 #5996C9

split-complementary

#C459C9 #96C959 #59C98C

monochromatic

#7B297E #A738AD #C459C9 #D487D8 #E5B5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C459C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C459C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C459C9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C459C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C459C9	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c459c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.192 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88dda',
    500: '#c459c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c459c9;
$custom-light: #d88dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c459c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.321,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63792,
    "c": 0.19242,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C459C9

secondary

#AAD6A8

accent

#DA4D54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C459C9

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

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