#C959CD#C959CD

#C959CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.199 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959CD
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(298, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 59.92, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 72.06, 326.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1652 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.199 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6785, 23.9723, 60.3356)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959CD #5DCD59

analogous

#8F59CD #C959CD #CD5997

triadic

#C959CD #CDC959 #59CDC9

tetradic

#C959CD #CD8F59 #5DCD59 #5997CD

square

#C959CD #CD8F59 #5DCD59 #5997CD

split-complementary

#C959CD #97CD59 #59CD8F

monochromatic

#812884 #AF36B3 #C959CD #D888DB #E8B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C959CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C959CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959CD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959CD	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.199 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8edc',
    500: '#c959cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959cd;
$custom-light: #dc8edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64644,
    "c": 0.19872,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959CD

secondary

#ABD8AA

accent

#DD4B50

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959CD

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

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