#C159BF#C159BF

#C159BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.182 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159BF
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(301, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(301, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 55.31, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 65.39, 327.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1546 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.182 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9682, 22.2459, 51.7322)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159BF #59C15B

analogous

#8F59C1 #C159BF #C1598B

triadic

#C159BF #BFC159 #59BFC1

tetradic

#C159BF #C18F59 #59C15B #598BC1

square

#C159BF #C18F59 #59C15B #598BC1

split-complementary

#C159BF #8BC159 #59C18F

monochromatic

#742B73 #A13C9F #C159BF #D286D0 #E2B2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C159BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#C159BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159BF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159BF	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5079C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7087BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.182 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dd2',
    500: '#c159bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159bf;
$custom-light: #d68dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.154,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62901,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159BF

secondary

#A5D1A6

accent

#D55553

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159BF

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

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