#C459E4#C459E4

#C459E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.217 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C459E4
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 62.95, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 81.83, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.1607 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.217 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3389, 24.4836, 75.9847)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C459E4 #79E459

analogous

#7F59E4 #C459E4 #E459BF

triadic

#C459E4 #E4C459 #59E4C4

tetradic

#C459E4 #E47F59 #79E459 #59BFE4

square

#C459E4 #E47F59 #79E459 #59BFE4

split-complementary

#C459E4 #BFE459 #59E47F

monochromatic

#871BA7 #B124DB #C459E4 #D78EED #E9C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C459E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C459E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C459E4

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C459E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C459E4	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)

#3181E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c459e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.217 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98eed',
    500: '#c459e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c459e4;
$custom-light: #d98eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c459e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.187,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65259,
    "c": 0.21724,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C459E4

secondary

#BFE6B3

accent

#D4113E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C459E4

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

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