#C859EF#C859EF

#C859EF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.229 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C859EF
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(284, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 66.03, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 86.96, 319.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.1654 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.229 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9694, 25.6577, 84.3336)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C859EF #80EF59

analogous

#7D59EF #C859EF #EF59CB

triadic

#C859EF #EFC859 #59EFC8

tetradic

#C859EF #EF7D59 #80EF59 #59CBEF

square

#C859EF #EF7D59 #80EF59 #59CBEF

split-complementary

#C859EF #CBEF59 #59EF7D

monochromatic

#8F12BC #B621EA #C859EF #DA91F4 #EDC9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C859EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#C859EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C859EF

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C859EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C859EF	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2284F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6749C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c859ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.229 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ef5',
    500: '#c859ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c859ef;
$custom-light: #dc8ef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c859ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66394,
    "c": 0.22919,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C859EF

secondary

#C5ECB8

accent

#DF073F

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C859EF

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

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