#C859E5#C859E5

#C859E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.220 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E5
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 64.09, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 82.45, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1654 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.22 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5328, 25.0830, 76.7673)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E5 #76E559

analogous

#8259E5 #C859E5 #E559BC

triadic

#C859E5 #E5C859 #59E5C8

tetradic

#C859E5 #E58259 #76E559 #59BCE5

square

#C859E5 #E58259 #76E559 #59BCE5

split-complementary

#C859E5 #BCE559 #59E582

monochromatic

#8C1AA9 #B624DD #C859E5 #DA8EED #EBC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C859E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C859E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E5

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E5	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.220 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8eee',
    500: '#c859e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e5;
$custom-light: #dc8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65814,
    "c": 0.21988,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E5

secondary

#BEE6B3

accent

#D51039

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E5

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

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