#C59EDE#C59EDE

#C59EDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EDE
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 26.13, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 37.57, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0659 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.099 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4354, 41.5986, 74.5708)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EDE #B7DE9E

analogous

#A59EDE #C59EDE #DE9ED7

triadic

#C59EDE #DEC59E #9EDEC5

tetradic

#C59EDE #DEA59E #B7DE9E #9ED7DE

square

#C59EDE #DEA59E #B7DE9E #9ED7DE

split-complementary

#C59EDE #D7DE9E #9EDEA5

monochromatic

#8E43BF #AA70CE #C59EDE #E0CCEE #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C59EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C59EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EDE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EDE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bbe8',
    500: '#c59ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59ede;
$custom-light: #d7bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.563,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75674,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EDE

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BD2963

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EDE

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

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