#C959ED#C959ED

#C959ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.228 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C959ED
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(285, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 65.86, -55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 86.08, 319.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.1666 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.228 317)
XYZ	xyz(42.9436, 25.6784, 82.7987)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C959ED #7DED59

analogous

#7F59ED #C959ED #ED59C7

triadic

#C959ED #EDC959 #59EDC9

tetradic

#C959ED #ED7F59 #7DED59 #59C7ED

square

#C959ED #ED7F59 #7DED59 #59C7ED

split-complementary

#C959ED #C7ED59 #59ED7F

monochromatic

#9014B8 #B722E7 #C959ED #DB90F3 #EDC7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C959ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#C959ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C959ED

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C959ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C959ED	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2784F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c959ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.228 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8ef3',
    500: '#c959ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c959ed;
$custom-light: #dd8ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c959ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.664,
    "c": 0.22772,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.25677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C959ED

secondary

#C4EBB7

accent

#DD093C

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#847E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C959ED

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

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