#C59CDC#C59CDC

#C59CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.100 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CDC
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 26.81, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 37.86, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0683 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.1 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8306, 40.8152, 73.0547)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CDC #B3DC9C

analogous

#A59CDC #C59CDC #DC9CD3

triadic

#C59CDC #DCC59C #9CDCC5

tetradic

#C59CDC #DCA59C #B3DC9C #9CD3DC

square

#C59CDC #DCA59C #B3DC9C #9CD3DC

split-complementary

#C59CDC #D3DC9C #9CDCA5

monochromatic

#9042BB #AB6FCC #C59CDC #DFC9EC #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C59CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C59CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CDC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CDC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.100 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b9e7',
    500: '#c59cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cdc;
$custom-light: #d7b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.438,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CDC

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A5E

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CDC

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