#C59DCD#C59DCD

#C59DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.081 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59DCD
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(290, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 23.24, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 29.97, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0624 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.081 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1009, 40.3930, 63.1139)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59DCD #A5CD9D

analogous

#AD9DCD #C59DCD #CD9DBD

triadic

#C59DCD #CDC59D #9DCDC5

tetradic

#C59DCD #CDAD9D #A5CD9D #9DBDCD

square

#C59DCD #CDAD9D #A5CD9D #9DBDCD

split-complementary

#C59DCD #BDCD9D #9DCDAD

monochromatic

#92519F #AD74B8 #C59DCD #DDC6E2 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C59DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C59DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59DCD

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59DCD	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.081 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7badc',
    500: '#c59dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59dcd;
$custom-light: #d7badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59DCD

secondary

#DFE9DD

accent

#AB3A4D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59DCD

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

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