#C859E4#C859E4

#C859E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.219 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E4
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(288, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 63.90, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 82.01, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.1654 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.219 319)
XYZ	xyz(41.3936, 25.0273, 76.0341)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E4 #75E459

analogous

#8359E4 #C859E4 #E459BA

triadic

#C859E4 #E4C859 #59E4C8

tetradic

#C859E4 #E48359 #75E459 #59BAE4

square

#C859E4 #E48359 #75E459 #59BAE4

split-complementary

#C859E4 #BAE459 #59E483

monochromatic

#8B1BA7 #B724DB #C859E4 #D98EED #EBC2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C859E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#C859E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E4	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3482E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.219 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8eed',
    500: '#c859e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e4;
$custom-light: #dc8eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.914,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.21896,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.25026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E4

secondary

#BDE6B3

accent

#D41139

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E4

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

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