#C159BD#C159BD

#C159BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.180 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159BD
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(302, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 54.96, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 64.56, 328.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.1543 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.18 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7496, 22.1585, 50.5809)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159BD #59C15D

analogous

#9159C1 #C159BD #C15989

triadic

#C159BD #BDC159 #59BDC1

tetradic

#C159BD #C19159 #59C15D #5989C1

square

#C159BD #C19159 #59C15D #5989C1

split-complementary

#C159BD #89C159 #59C191

monochromatic

#742B71 #A13C9D #C159BD #D286CF #E2B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C159BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#C159BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159BD

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159BD	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.180 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dd1',
    500: '#c159bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159bd;
$custom-light: #d68dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62803,
    "c": 0.18011,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159BD

secondary

#A5D1A7

accent

#D55853

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159BD

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

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