#C159C8#C159C8

#C159C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.190 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159C8
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(296, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(296, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 56.92, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 69.21, 325.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1556 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.19 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9892, 22.6543, 57.1095)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159C8 #60C859

analogous

#8A59C8 #C159C8 #C85998

triadic

#C159C8 #C8C159 #59C8C1

tetradic

#C159C8 #C88A59 #60C859 #5998C8

square

#C159C8 #C88A59 #60C859 #5998C8

split-complementary

#C159C8 #98C859 #59C88A

monochromatic

#78297D #A439AB #C159C8 #D287D7 #E3B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C159C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C159C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159C8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159C8	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C87C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.190 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dd9',
    500: '#c159c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159c8;
$custom-light: #d68dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.216,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63354,
    "c": 0.18986,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159C8

secondary

#ABD5A8

accent

#DA4E57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159C8

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

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