#C859D5#C859D5

#C859D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.205 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859D5
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(294, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 61.10, -44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 75.40, 324.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.1647 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.205 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4009, 24.2303, 65.5394)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859D5 #66D559

analogous

#8A59D5 #C859D5 #D559A4

triadic

#C859D5 #D5C859 #59D5C8

tetradic

#C859D5 #D58A59 #66D559 #59A4D5

square

#C859D5 #D58A59 #66D559 #59A4D5

split-complementary

#C859D5 #A4D559 #59D58A

monochromatic

#84248F #B131C0 #C859D5 #D88AE1 #E8BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C859D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C859D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859D5

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859D5	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.205 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ee2',
    500: '#c859d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859d5;
$custom-light: #dc8ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.71,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859D5

secondary

#B2DDAD

accent

#E34556

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859D5

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

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