#C959DB#C959DB

#C959DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.211 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959DB
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(292, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 62.45, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 78.08, 323.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1662 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.211 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4446, 24.6787, 69.6372)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959DB #6BDB59

analogous

#8859DB #C959DB #DB59AC

triadic

#C959DB #DBC959 #59DBC9

tetradic

#C959DB #DB8859 #6BDB59 #59ACDB

square

#C959DB #DB8859 #6BDB59 #59ACDB

split-complementary

#C959DB #ACDB59 #59DB88

monochromatic

#882199 #B52CCB #C959DB #D98BE6 #EABEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C959DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C959DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959DB

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959DB	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F80DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.211 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ee7',
    500: '#c959db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959db;
$custom-light: #dc8ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.692,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.21118,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959DB

secondary

#B6E1AF

accent

#CC1932

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959DB

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

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