#C959EB#C959EB

#C959EB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.226 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959EB
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(286, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 65.48, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 85.19, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.1666 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.226 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6530, 25.5621, 81.2684)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959EB #7BEB59

analogous

#8059EB #C959EB #EB59C4

triadic

#C959EB #EBC959 #59EBC9

tetradic

#C959EB #EB8059 #7BEB59 #59C4EB

square

#C959EB #EB8059 #7BEB59 #59C4EB

split-complementary

#C959EB #C4EB59 #59EB80

monochromatic

#8F16B4 #B722E4 #C959EB #DB90F2 #EDC6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C959EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C959EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959EB

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959EB	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B83EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8729A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.226 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ef2',
    500: '#c959eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959eb;
$custom-light: #dd8ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.027,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66283,
    "c": 0.22586,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959EB

secondary

#C2EAB6

accent

#DB0B3B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959EB

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

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