#C959BC#C959BC

#C959BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.184 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959BC
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(307, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(307, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 57.00, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 65.14, 331.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.163 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.184 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7368, 23.1956, 50.1095)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959BC #59C966

analogous

#9E59C9 #C959BC #C95984

triadic

#C959BC #BCC959 #59BCC9

tetradic

#C959BC #C99E59 #59C966 #5984C9

square

#C959BC #C99E59 #59C966 #5984C9

split-complementary

#C959BC #84C959 #59C99E

monochromatic

#7E2975 #AD389F #C959BC #D887CF #E7B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C959BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C959BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959BC

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959BC	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D16282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.184 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dd0',
    500: '#c959bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959bc;
$custom-light: #dc8dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.964,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63811,
    "c": 0.18434,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959BC

secondary

#A8D6AD

accent

#DA5E4D

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FBF1F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150D14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959BC

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

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