#C959DD#C959DD

#C959DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.213 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C959DD
RGBrgb(201, 89, 221)
HSLhsl(291, 66%, 61%)
HSVhsv(291, 60%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(56.87, 62.82, -47.83)
CIE-LCHlch(56.87, 78.96, 322.72°)
OKLaboklab(65.49% 0.1663 -0.1331)
OKLCHoklch(65.49% 0.213 321.3)
XYZxyz(40.7095, 24.7847, 71.0322)
Luminance0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C959DD #6DDD59
analogous
#8759DD #C959DD #DD59AF
triadic
#C959DD #DDC959 #59DDC9
tetradic
#C959DD #DD8759 #6DDD59 #59AFDD
square
#C959DD #DD8759 #6DDD59 #59AFDD
split-complementary
#C959DD #AFDD59 #59DD87
monochromatic
#89209C #B62ACF #C959DD #DA8CE7 #EABFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53
#C959DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96
#C959DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959DD
5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C959DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C959DD1.003.535.965.96
#FFFFFF3.531.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9621.001.001.00
##0000005.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D80E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#678DDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB6D93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c959dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.213 321.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8ee8',
    500: '#c959dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c959dd;
$custom-light: #dc8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c959dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65493,
    "c": 0.21299,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C959DD
secondary
#B7E2B0
accent
#CE1833
background
#FDF9FE
surface
#FBF1FD
border
#D4CBD5
text
#150D16
muted
#837E84

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#C959DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva