#C859E6#C859E6

#C859E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.221 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E6
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(287, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 64.28, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 82.90, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.1654 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.221 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6728, 25.1390, 77.5048)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E6 #77E659

analogous

#8159E6 #C859E6 #E659BE

triadic

#C859E6 #E6C859 #59E6C8

tetradic

#C859E6 #E68159 #77E659 #59BEE6

square

#C859E6 #E68159 #77E659 #59BEE6

split-complementary

#C859E6 #BEE659 #59E681

monochromatic

#8C1AAB #B624DE #C859E6 #DA8EEE #EBC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C859E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#C859E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E6

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E6	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3182EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.221 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8eee',
    500: '#c859e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e6;
$custom-light: #dc8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.234,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65871,
    "c": 0.22081,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E6

secondary

#BFE7B4

accent

#D6103A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E6

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

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