#C159BC#C159BC

#C159BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.179 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159BC
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 54.79, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 64.15, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.1542 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.179 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6414, 22.1152, 50.0113)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159BC #59C15E

analogous

#9259C1 #C159BC #C15988

triadic

#C159BC #BCC159 #59BCC1

tetradic

#C159BC #C19259 #59C15E #5988C1

square

#C159BC #C19259 #59C15E #5988C1

split-complementary

#C159BC #88C159 #59C192

monochromatic

#742B71 #A13C9C #C159BC #D286CE #E2B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C159BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#C159BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159BC

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159BC	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5278BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.179 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dd0',
    500: '#c159bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159bc;
$custom-light: #d68dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.885,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.17925,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159BC

secondary

#A5D1A7

accent

#D55953

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159BC

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

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