#C859DD#C859DD

#C859DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.213 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859DD
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(290, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 62.58, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 78.90, 322.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.1652 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.213 321)
XYZ	xyz(40.4414, 24.6465, 71.0196)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859DD #6EDD59

analogous

#8659DD #C859DD #DD59B0

triadic

#C859DD #DDC859 #59DDC8

tetradic

#C859DD #DD8659 #6EDD59 #59B0DD

square

#C859DD #DD8659 #6EDD59 #59B0DD

split-complementary

#C859DD #B0DD59 #59DD86

monochromatic

#88209C #B42ACF #C859DD #D98CE7 #EABFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C859DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C859DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859DD

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859DD	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.213 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ee8',
    500: '#c859dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859dd;
$custom-light: #dc8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65366,
    "c": 0.21252,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.24645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859DD

secondary

#B8E2B0

accent

#CE1835

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859DD

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

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