#C59BC2#C59BC2

#C59BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.073 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59BC2
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(304, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(304, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 1.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 22.24, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 26.33, 327.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.062 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.073 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4839, 39.2092, 56.2533)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59BC2 #9BC59E

analogous

#B39BC5 #C59BC2 #C59BAD

triadic

#C59BC2 #C2C59B #9BC2C5

tetradic

#C59BC2 #C5B39B #9BC59E #9BADC5

square

#C59BC2 #C5B39B #9BC59E #9BADC5

split-complementary

#C59BC2 #ADC59B #9BC5B3

monochromatic

#91548D #AF74AA #C59BC2 #DBC2DA #F2E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C59BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C59BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59BC2

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59BC2	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.073 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b8d4',
    500: '#c59bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59bc2;
$custom-light: #d7b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59BC2

secondary

#D8E4D9

accent

#A54840

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59BC2

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

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