#C159BA#C159BA

#C159BA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.178 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159BA
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 3.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 54.44, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 63.33, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1538 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.178 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4273, 22.0296, 48.8837)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159BA #59C160

analogous

#9459C1 #C159BA #C15986

triadic

#C159BA #BAC159 #59BAC1

tetradic

#C159BA #C19459 #59C160 #5986C1

square

#C159BA #C19459 #59C160 #5986C1

split-complementary

#C159BA #86C159 #59C194

monochromatic

#742B6F #A13C9A #C159BA #D286CD #E2B2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C159BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#C159BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159BA

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159BA	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7386B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.178 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dcf',
    500: '#c159ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ba;
$custom-light: #d68dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.038,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159BA

secondary

#A5D1A8

accent

#D55B53

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159BA

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

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