#C159CC#C159CC

#C159CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.193 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159CC
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 57.66, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 70.95, 324.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.156 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.193 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4628, 22.8437, 59.6037)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159CC #64CC59

analogous

#8859CC #C159CC #CC599D

triadic

#C159CC #CCC159 #59CCC1

tetradic

#C159CC #CC8859 #64CC59 #599DCC

square

#C159CC #CC8859 #64CC59 #599DCC

split-complementary

#C159CC #9DCC59 #59CC88

monochromatic

#7A2883 #A636B1 #C159CC #D288DA #E4B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C159CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C159CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159CC

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159CC	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.193 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68ddc',
    500: '#c159cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159cc;
$custom-light: #d68ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.261,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63562,
    "c": 0.19349,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159CC

secondary

#AED8A9

accent

#DC4B59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159CC

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

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