#C959CA#C959CA

#C959CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.196 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959CA
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(299, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 59.39, -38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 70.80, 327.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.1649 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.196 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3198, 23.8288, 58.4467)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959CA #5ACA59

analogous

#9159CA #C959CA #CA5993

triadic

#C959CA #CAC959 #59CAC9

tetradic

#C959CA #CA9159 #5ACA59 #5993CA

square

#C959CA #CA9159 #5ACA59 #5993CA

split-complementary

#C959CA #93CA59 #59CA91

monochromatic

#7F2980 #AD38AE #C959CA #D887D9 #E7B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C959CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C959CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959CA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959CA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.196 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8eda',
    500: '#c959ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959ca;
$custom-light: #dc8eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.469,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64492,
    "c": 0.19611,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959CA

secondary

#A9D6A8

accent

#DB4D4E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959CA

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

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