#C459E3#C459E3

#C459E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.216 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C459E3
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 62.76, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 81.38, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.1607 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.216 318)
XYZ	xyz(40.2005, 24.4282, 75.2557)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C459E3 #78E359

analogous

#7F59E3 #C459E3 #E359BD

triadic

#C459E3 #E3C459 #59E3C4

tetradic

#C459E3 #E37F59 #78E359 #59BDE3

square

#C459E3 #E37F59 #78E359 #59BDE3

split-complementary

#C459E3 #BDE359 #59E37F

monochromatic

#871CA6 #B125DA #C459E3 #D78DEC #E9C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C459E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#C459E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C459E3

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C459E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C459E3	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)

#3281E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c459e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.216 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98eec',
    500: '#c459e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c459e3;
$custom-light: #d98eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c459e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.522,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65202,
    "c": 0.21629,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.24427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C459E3

secondary

#BEE5B2

accent

#D3123E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C459E3

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

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