#C159B2#C159B2

#C159B2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.171 H 333.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159B2
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(309, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(309, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 7.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 53.08, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 60.14, 331.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1525 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.171 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6006, 21.6989, 44.5294)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159B2 #59C168

analogous

#9C59C1 #C159B2 #C1597E

triadic

#C159B2 #B2C159 #59B2C1

tetradic

#C159B2 #C19C59 #59C168 #597EC1

square

#C159B2 #C19C59 #59C168 #597EC1

split-complementary

#C159B2 #7EC159 #59C19C

monochromatic

#742B6A #A13C92 #C159B2 #D286C7 #E2B2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C159B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#C159B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159B2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159B2	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5777B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7686AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.171 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68cc9',
    500: '#c159b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159b2;
$custom-light: #d68cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.654,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.17082,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159B2

secondary

#A5D1AB

accent

#D56553

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159B2

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

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