#C959EA#C959EA

#C959EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.225 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959EA
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(286, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 65.29, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 84.74, 320.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.1666 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.225 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5090, 25.5045, 80.5096)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959EA #7AEA59

analogous

#8059EA #C959EA #EA59C2

triadic

#C959EA #EAC959 #59EAC9

tetradic

#C959EA #EA8059 #7AEA59 #59C2EA

square

#C959EA #EA8059 #7AEA59 #59C2EA

split-complementary

#C959EA #C2EA59 #59EA80

monochromatic

#8F17B2 #B723E3 #C959EA #DB8FF1 #ECC6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C959EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#C959EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959EA

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959EA	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C83EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8EE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8729A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.225 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ef1',
    500: '#c959ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959ea;
$custom-light: #dd8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.345,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66225,
    "c": 0.22493,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959EA

secondary

#C1E9B6

accent

#DA0C3B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959EA

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

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