#C59CD2#C59CD2

#C59CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.088 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD2
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(286, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 24.78, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 32.99, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0654 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.088 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5456, 40.3013, 66.2872)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD2 #A9D29C

analogous

#AA9CD2 #C59CD2 #D29CC4

triadic

#C59CD2 #D2C59C #9CD2C5

tetradic

#C59CD2 #D2AA9C #A9D29C #9CC4D2

square

#C59CD2 #D2AA9C #A9D29C #9CC4D2

split-complementary

#C59CD2 #C4D29C #9CD2AA

monochromatic

#914CA7 #AC72BF #C59CD2 #DEC6E5 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C59CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C59CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.088 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e0',
    500: '#c59cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd2;
$custom-light: #d7b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.556,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74834,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD2

secondary

#E1ECDE

accent

#B03553

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD2

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

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