#C159CA#C159CA

#C159CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.192 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159CA
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 57.29, -40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 70.08, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1558 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.192 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2244, 22.7484, 58.3485)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159CA #62CA59

analogous

#8959CA #C159CA #CA599B

triadic

#C159CA #CAC159 #59CAC1

tetradic

#C159CA #CA8959 #62CA59 #599BCA

square

#C159CA #CA8959 #62CA59 #599BCA

split-complementary

#C159CA #9BCA59 #59CA89

monochromatic

#792980 #A538AE #C159CA #D287D9 #E4B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C159CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C159CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159CA

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159CA	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.192 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dda',
    500: '#c159ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ca;
$custom-light: #d68dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.221,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.19167,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159CA

secondary

#ACD6A8

accent

#DB4D58

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159CA

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

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