#C59ABE#C59ABE

#C59ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.070 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59ABE
RGB	rgb(197, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(310, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(310, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 22.05, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 25.31, 330.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0622 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.07 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8750, 38.7005, 53.8639)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59ABE #9AC5A1

analogous

#B79AC5 #C59ABE #C59AA9

triadic

#C59ABE #BEC59A #9ABEC5

tetradic

#C59ABE #C5B79A #9AC5A1 #9AA9C5

square

#C59ABE #C5B79A #9AC5A1 #9AA9C5

split-complementary

#C59ABE #A9C59A #9AC5B7

monochromatic

#915387 #AF73A5 #C59ABE #DBC1D7 #F2E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C59ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C59ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59ABE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59ABE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.070 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b8d1',
    500: '#c59abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59abe;
$custom-light: #d7b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.767,
    "s": 27.044,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73729,
    "c": 0.07046,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59ABE

secondary

#D7E4D9

accent

#A65040

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59ABE

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

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