#C59EDD#C59EDD

#C59EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.098 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EDD
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 25.92, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 37.07, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0657 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.098 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3018, 41.5451, 73.8671)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EDD #B6DD9E

analogous

#A69EDD #C59EDD #DD9ED6

triadic

#C59EDD #DDC59E #9EDDC5

tetradic

#C59EDD #DDA69E #B6DD9E #9ED6DD

square

#C59EDD #DDA69E #B6DD9E #9ED6DD

split-complementary

#C59EDD #D6DD9E #9EDDA6

monochromatic

#8F43BD #AA71CD #C59EDD #E0CBED #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C59EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C59EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EDD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EDD	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.098 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bbe7',
    500: '#c59edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59edd;
$custom-light: #d7bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EDD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A61

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EDD

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

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