#C859E8#C859E8

#C859E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.223 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E8
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(287, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(287, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 64.67, -53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 83.80, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1654 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.223 318)
XYZ	xyz(41.9553, 25.2520, 78.9924)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E8 #79E859

analogous

#8059E8 #C859E8 #E859C1

triadic

#C859E8 #E8C859 #59E8C8

tetradic

#C859E8 #E88059 #79E859 #59C1E8

square

#C859E8 #E88059 #79E859 #59C1E8

split-complementary

#C859E8 #C1E859 #59E880

monochromatic

#8D18AE #B623E1 #C859E8 #DA8FEF #ECC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C859E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C859E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E8

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E8	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E82EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.223 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ef0',
    500: '#c859e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e8;
$custom-light: #dc8ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.573,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65986,
    "c": 0.22266,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.2525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E8

secondary

#C0E8B5

accent

#D80E3B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E8

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

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