#C59CD3#C59CD3

#C59CD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.089 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD3
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 24.98, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 33.47, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0658 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.089 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6706, 40.3513, 66.9454)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD3 #AAD39C

analogous

#AA9CD3 #C59CD3 #D39CC6

triadic

#C59CD3 #D3C59C #9CD3C5

tetradic

#C59CD3 #D3AA9C #AAD39C #9CC6D3

square

#C59CD3 #D3AA9C #AAD39C #9CC6D3

split-complementary

#C59CD3 #C6D39C #9CD3AA

monochromatic

#914BA9 #AC72C0 #C59CD3 #DEC6E6 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C59CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C59CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD3

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD3	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.089 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e0',
    500: '#c59cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd3;
$custom-light: #d7b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.727,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD3

secondary

#E2ECDF

accent

#B13454

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD3

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

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