#C859EE#C859EE

#C859EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.228 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859EE
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 65.83, -56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 86.50, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.1654 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.228 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8221, 25.5988, 83.5577)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859EE #7FEE59

analogous

#7E59EE #C859EE #EE59CA

triadic

#C859EE #EEC859 #59EEC8

tetradic

#C859EE #EE7E59 #7FEE59 #59CAEE

square

#C859EE #EE7E59 #7FEE59 #59CAEE

split-complementary

#C859EE #CAEE59 #59EE7E

monochromatic

#8F13BA #B621E8 #C859EE #DA91F4 #EDC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C859EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#C859EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859EE

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859EE	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2484F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6749C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.228 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ef4',
    500: '#c859ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859ee;
$custom-light: #dc8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.698,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66335,
    "c": 0.22825,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859EE

secondary

#C5EBB7

accent

#DE083E

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859EE

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

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