#C159CB#C159CB

#C159CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.193 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159CB
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 57.47, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 70.51, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1559 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.193 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3432, 22.7959, 58.9741)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159CB #63CB59

analogous

#8859CB #C159CB #CB599C

triadic

#C159CB #CBC159 #59CBC1

tetradic

#C159CB #CB8859 #63CB59 #599CCB

square

#C159CB #CB8859 #63CB59 #599CCB

split-complementary

#C159CB #9CCB59 #59CB88

monochromatic

#792881 #A537B0 #C159CB #D288DA #E4B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C159CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C159CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159CB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159CB	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.193 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68ddb',
    500: '#c159cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159cb;
$custom-light: #d68ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.737,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.19258,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159CB

secondary

#ADD7A9

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159CB

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

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