#C59BF6#C59BF6

#C59BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59BF6
RGB	rgb(197, 155, 246)
HSL	hsl(268, 83%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(268, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 37%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 32.96, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 51.62, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0761 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.134 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3785, 41.9670, 92.5646)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59BF6 #CCF69B

analogous

#9B9EF6 #C59BF6 #F29BF6

triadic

#C59BF6 #F6C59B #9BF6C5

tetradic

#C59BF6 #F69B9E #CCF69B #9BF6F2

square

#C59BF6 #F69B9E #CCF69B #9BF6F2

split-complementary

#C59BF6 #F6F29B #9EF69B

monochromatic

#842BEC #A463F1 #C59BF6 #E6D3FB #EFE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C59BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C59BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59BF6

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59BF6	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ACF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ADF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 155, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b9f9',
    500: '#c59bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59bf6;
$custom-light: #d8b9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 83.486,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76183,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59BF6

secondary

#E7F4D7

accent

#E0067B

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59BF6

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

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