#C859DF#C859DF

#C859DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.214 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859DF
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 223)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 60.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 62.95, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 79.78, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1652 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.214 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7095, 24.7537, 72.4313)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859DF #70DF59

analogous

#8559DF #C859DF #DF59B3

triadic

#C859DF #DFC859 #59DFC8

tetradic

#C859DF #DF8559 #70DF59 #59B3DF

square

#C859DF #DF8559 #70DF59 #59B3DF

split-complementary

#C859DF #B3DF59 #59DF85

monochromatic

#891F9F #B529D2 #C859DF #D98CE9 #EAC0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C859DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C859DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859DF

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859DF	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A81E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.214 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ee9',
    500: '#c859df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859df;
$custom-light: #dc8ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.701,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65477,
    "c": 0.21435,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859DF

secondary

#B9E3B1

accent

#D01636

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859DF

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

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