#C59CF9#C59CF9

#C59CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59CF9
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(266, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(266, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 33.08, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 52.52, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0753 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.136 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0097, 42.4869, 95.0650)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59CF9 #D0F99C

analogous

#9CA2F9 #C59CF9 #F49CF9

triadic

#C59CF9 #F9C59C #9CF9C5

tetradic

#C59CF9 #F99CA2 #D0F99C #9CF9F4

square

#C59CF9 #F99CA2 #D0F99C #9CF9F4

split-complementary

#C59CF9 #F9F49C #A2F99C

monochromatic

#8129F2 #A362F6 #C59CF9 #E7D6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C59CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C59CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59CF9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59CF9	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ADFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAEF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDABBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b9fb',
    500: '#c59cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59cf9;
$custom-light: #d8b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.452,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76495,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59CF9

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E50080

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59CF9

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

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