#C59CD4#C59CD4

#C59CD4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.091 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD4
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 25.18, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 33.95, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.066 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.091 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7963, 40.4016, 67.6077)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD4 #ABD49C

analogous

#A99CD4 #C59CD4 #D49CC7

triadic

#C59CD4 #D4C59C #9CD4C5

tetradic

#C59CD4 #D4A99C #ABD49C #9CC7D4

square

#C59CD4 #D4A99C #ABD49C #9CC7D4

split-complementary

#C59CD4 #C7D49C #9CD4A9

monochromatic

#914AAB #AC71C1 #C59CD4 #DEC7E7 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C59CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C59CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD4

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD4	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.091 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e1',
    500: '#c59cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd4;
$custom-light: #d7b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.929,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74912,
    "c": 0.09051,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD4

secondary

#E2EDDE

accent

#B23355

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD4

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

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