#C59CD8#C59CD8

#C59CD8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.095 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD8
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 25.99, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 35.90, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0672 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.095 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3072, 40.6059, 70.2980)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD8 #AFD89C

analogous

#A79CD8 #C59CD8 #D89CCD

triadic

#C59CD8 #D8C59C #9CD8C5

tetradic

#C59CD8 #D8A79C #AFD89C #9CCDD8

square

#C59CD8 #D8A79C #AFD89C #9CCDD8

split-complementary

#C59CD8 #CDD89C #9CD8A7

monochromatic

#9147B3 #AB70C7 #C59CD8 #DFC8E9 #F2E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C59CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C59CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD8

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD8	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.095 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e4',
    500: '#c59cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd8;
$custom-light: #d7b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD8

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B72F5A

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD8

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

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