#C59CD6#C59CD6

#C59CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.093 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD6
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(282, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 25.59, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.92, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0666 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.093 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0502, 40.5031, 68.9446)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD6 #ADD69C

analogous

#A89CD6 #C59CD6 #D69CCA

triadic

#C59CD6 #D6C59C #9CD6C5

tetradic

#C59CD6 #D6A89C #ADD69C #9CCAD6

square

#C59CD6 #D6A89C #ADD69C #9CCAD6

split-complementary

#C59CD6 #CAD69C #9CD6A8

monochromatic

#9149AF #AC71C4 #C59CD6 #DEC7E8 #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C59CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C59CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.093 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e2',
    500: '#c59cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd6;
$custom-light: #d7b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.414,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7499,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD6

secondary

#E2EDDE

accent

#B43158

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD6

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

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