#C59BEE#C59BEE

#C59BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59BEE
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 31.19, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 47.54, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0743 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.124 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1769, 41.4864, 86.2366)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59BEE #C4EE9B

analogous

#9C9BEE #C59BEE #EE9BEE

triadic

#C59BEE #EEC59B #9BEEC5

tetradic

#C59BEE #EE9C9B #C4EE9B #9BEEEE

square

#C59BEE #EE9C9B #C4EE9B #9BEEEE

split-complementary

#C59BEE #EEEE9B #9BEE9C

monochromatic

#8832DC #A767E5 #C59BEE #E3CFF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C59BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C59BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59BEE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59BEE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9f4',
    500: '#c59bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59bee;
$custom-light: #d7b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7582,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59BEE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31372

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59BEE

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

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