#C59BBF#C59BBF

#C59BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.070 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59BBF
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(309, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(309, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 21.69, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 25.07, 329.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.061 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.07 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1504, 39.0758, 54.4968)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59BBF #9BC5A1

analogous

#B69BC5 #C59BBF #C59BAA

triadic

#C59BBF #BFC59B #9BBFC5

tetradic

#C59BBF #C5B69B #9BC5A1 #9BAAC5

square

#C59BBF #C5B69B #9BC5A1 #9BAAC5

split-complementary

#C59BBF #AAC59B #9BC5B6

monochromatic

#915489 #AF74A6 #C59BBF #DBC2D8 #F2E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C59BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C59BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59BBF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59BBF	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.070 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b8d2',
    500: '#c59bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59bbf;
$custom-light: #d7b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73949,
    "c": 0.06961,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59BBF

secondary

#D8E4DA

accent

#A54F40

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59BBF

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

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