#C859E7#C859E7

#C859E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.222 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E7
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(287, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 64.47, -52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 83.35, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.1654 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.222 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8136, 25.1954, 78.2465)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E7 #78E759

analogous

#8159E7 #C859E7 #E759BF

triadic

#C859E7 #E7C859 #59E7C8

tetradic

#C859E7 #E78159 #78E759 #59BFE7

square

#C859E7 #E78159 #78E759 #59BFE7

split-complementary

#C859E7 #BFE759 #59E781

monochromatic

#8C19AD #B624DF #C859E7 #DA8EEF #EBC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C859E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#C859E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E7

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E7	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3082EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.222 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8eef',
    500: '#c859e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e7;
$custom-light: #dc8eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.901,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65928,
    "c": 0.22173,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E7

secondary

#BFE8B4

accent

#D70F3A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E7

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

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