#CB59E5#CB59E5

#CB59E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.221 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB59E5
RGB	rgb(203, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 64.80, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 82.59, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.1689 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.221 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3421, 25.5003, 76.8053)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB59E5 #73E559

analogous

#8559E5 #CB59E5 #E559B9

triadic

#CB59E5 #E5CB59 #59E5CB

tetradic

#CB59E5 #E58559 #73E559 #59B9E5

square

#CB59E5 #E58559 #73E559 #59B9E5

split-complementary

#CB59E5 #B9E559 #59E585

monochromatic

#8F1AA9 #BA24DD #CB59E5 #DC8EED #ECC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#CB59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#CB59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB59E5

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB59E5	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)

#3582E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.221 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8eee',
    500: '#cb59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb59e5;
$custom-light: #de8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6619,
    "c": 0.2212,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB59E5

secondary

#BDE6B3

accent

#D51035

background

#FEF9FE

surface

#FCF1FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160D16

muted

#847E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB59E5

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

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