#C859C8#C859C8

#C859C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.194 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859C8
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 58.78, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 69.87, 327.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.1635 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.194 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8165, 23.5965, 57.1951)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859C8 #59C859

analogous

#9159C8 #C859C8 #C85991

triadic

#C859C8 #C8C859 #59C8C8

tetradic

#C859C8 #C89159 #59C859 #5991C8

square

#C859C8 #C89159 #59C859 #5991C8

split-complementary

#C859C8 #91C859 #59C891

monochromatic

#7D297D #AB39AB #C859C8 #D787D7 #E6B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C859C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C859C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859C8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859C8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.194 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8dd9',
    500: '#c859c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859c8;
$custom-light: #db8dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64261,
    "c": 0.19381,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859C8

secondary

#A8D5A8

accent

#DA4E4E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859C8

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

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