#C859CB#C859CB

#C859CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.196 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859CB
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(298, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 59.30, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 71.13, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1639 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.196 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1706, 23.7382, 59.0597)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859CB #5CCB59

analogous

#8F59CB #C859CB #CB5995

triadic

#C859CB #CBC859 #59CBC8

tetradic

#C859CB #CB8F59 #5CCB59 #5995CB

square

#C859CB #CB8F59 #5CCB59 #5995CB

split-complementary

#C859CB #95CB59 #59CB8F

monochromatic

#7F2881 #AD37B0 #C859CB #D788DA #E7B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C859CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C859CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859CB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859CB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.196 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8edb',
    500: '#c859cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859cb;
$custom-light: #db8edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.421,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64412,
    "c": 0.19642,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859CB

secondary

#AAD7A9

accent

#DC4C50

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859CB

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

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