#C859D7#C859D7

#C859D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.207 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859D7
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 215)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(293, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 61.47, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 76.27, 323.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1648 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.207 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6563, 24.3324, 66.8846)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859D7 #68D759

analogous

#8959D7 #C859D7 #D759A7

triadic

#C859D7 #D7C859 #59D7C8

tetradic

#C859D7 #D78959 #68D759 #59A7D7

square

#C859D7 #D78959 #68D759 #59A7D7

split-complementary

#C859D7 #A7D759 #59D789

monochromatic

#852392 #B22FC4 #C859D7 #D88AE3 #E9BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C859D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C859D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859D7

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859D7	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.207 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ee4',
    500: '#c859d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859d7;
$custom-light: #dc8ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.857,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6504,
    "c": 0.20708,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859D7

secondary

#B3DEAD

accent

#E44457

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859D7

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

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