#C59DEC#C59DEC

#C59DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59DEC
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 29.66, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 45.26, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.071 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.118 307)
XYZ	xyz(50.2204, 42.0407, 84.8096)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59DEC #C4EC9D

analogous

#9E9DEC #C59DEC #EC9DEB

triadic

#C59DEC #ECC59D #9DECC5

tetradic

#C59DEC #EC9E9D #C4EC9D #9DEBEC

square

#C59DEC #EC9E9D #C4EC9D #9DEBEC

split-complementary

#C59DEC #EBEC9D #9DEC9E

monochromatic

#8836D8 #A76AE2 #C59DEC #E3D0F6 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C59DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C59DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59DEC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59DEC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7baf2',
    500: '#c59dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59dec;
$custom-light: #d7baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76086,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.4204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59DEC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#CF1672

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59DEC

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

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