#C59CD7#C59CD7

#C59CD7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.094 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD7
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(282, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 25.79, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 35.41, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0669 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.094 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1783, 40.5543, 69.6192)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD7 #AED79C

analogous

#A79CD7 #C59CD7 #D79CCB

triadic

#C59CD7 #D7C59C #9CD7C5

tetradic

#C59CD7 #D7A79C #AED79C #9CCBD7

square

#C59CD7 #D7A79C #AED79C #9CCBD7

split-complementary

#C59CD7 #CBD79C #9CD7A7

monochromatic

#9148B1 #AB70C5 #C59CD7 #DFC8E9 #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C59CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C59CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD7

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD7	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.094 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e3',
    500: '#c59cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd7;
$custom-light: #d7b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.695,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD7

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B63059

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD7

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

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