#C859E9#C859E9

#C859E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.224 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859E9
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 64.86, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 84.25, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.1654 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.224 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0977, 25.3090, 79.7426)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859E9 #7AE959

analogous

#8059E9 #C859E9 #E959C2

triadic

#C859E9 #E9C859 #59E9C8

tetradic

#C859E9 #E98059 #7AE959 #59C2E9

square

#C859E9 #E98059 #7AE959 #59C2E9

split-complementary

#C859E9 #C2E959 #59E980

monochromatic

#8D17B0 #B623E2 #C859E9 #DA8FF0 #ECC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C859E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#C859E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859E9

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859E9	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D83ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.224 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ef1',
    500: '#c859e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859e9;
$custom-light: #dc8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.22359,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859E9

secondary

#C1E9B5

accent

#D90D3B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859E9

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

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