#C59CD9#C59CD9

#C59CD9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.096 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CD9
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 26.20, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 36.39, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0675 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.096 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4368, 40.6578, 70.9810)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CD9 #B0D99C

analogous

#A69CD9 #C59CD9 #D99CCE

triadic

#C59CD9 #D9C59C #9CD9C5

tetradic

#C59CD9 #D9A69C #B0D99C #9CCED9

square

#C59CD9 #D9A69C #B0D99C #9CCED9

split-complementary

#C59CD9 #CED99C #9CD9A6

monochromatic

#9146B5 #AB70C8 #C59CD9 #DFC8EA #F2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C59CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C59CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CD9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CD9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.096 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e5',
    500: '#c59cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cd9;
$custom-light: #d7b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.328,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7511,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CD9

secondary

#E3EDDE

accent

#B82E5B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CD9

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

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