#C959EC#C959EC

#C959EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.227 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959EC
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(286, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 65.67, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 85.63, 320.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.1666 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.227 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7979, 25.6201, 82.0314)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C959EC #7CEC59

analogous

#7F59EC #C959EC #EC59C5

triadic

#C959EC #ECC959 #59ECC9

tetradic

#C959EC #EC7F59 #7CEC59 #59C5EC

square

#C959EC #EC7F59 #7CEC59 #59C5EC

split-complementary

#C959EC #C5EC59 #59EC7F

monochromatic

#8F15B6 #B722E6 #C959EC #DB90F2 #EDC7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#C959EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#C959EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959EC

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959EC	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2983F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.227 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ef3',
    500: '#c959ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959ec;
$custom-light: #dd8ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66342,
    "c": 0.22679,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959EC

secondary

#C3EAB6

accent

#DC0A3C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959EC

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

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