#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
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 62.82, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 78.96, 322.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1663 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.213 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7095, 24.7847, 71.0322)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C959DD	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959DD

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

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