#C859E3#C859E3

#C859E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.218 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E3
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 63.71, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 81.56, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.1654 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.218 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2551, 24.9720, 75.3051)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E3 #74E359

analogous

#8359E3 #C859E3 #E359B9

triadic

#C859E3 #E3C859 #59E3C8

tetradic

#C859E3 #E38359 #74E359 #59B9E3

square

#C859E3 #E38359 #74E359 #59B9E3

split-complementary

#C859E3 #B9E359 #59E383

monochromatic

#8B1CA6 #B725DA #C859E3 #D98DEC #EBC2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C859E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#C859E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E3

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E3	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3581E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.218 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8eec',
    500: '#c859e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e3;
$custom-light: #dc8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.261,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65701,
    "c": 0.21803,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E3

secondary

#BCE5B2

accent

#D31238

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E3

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

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