#C59DEB#C59DEB

#C59DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59DEB
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 29.44, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 44.75, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0707 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.117 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0755, 41.9828, 84.0466)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59DEB #C3EB9D

analogous

#9E9DEB #C59DEB #EB9DEA

triadic

#C59DEB #EBC59D #9DEBC5

tetradic

#C59DEB #EB9E9D #C3EB9D #9DEAEB

square

#C59DEB #EB9E9D #C3EB9D #9DEAEB

split-complementary

#C59DEB #EAEB9D #9DEB9E

monochromatic

#8937D6 #A76AE1 #C59DEB #E3D0F5 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C59DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C59DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59DEB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59DEB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baf1',
    500: '#c59deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59deb;
$custom-light: #d7baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76042,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59DEB

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE1870

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59DEB

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

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