#C159CD#C159CD

#C159CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.194 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159CD
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 57.84, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 71.39, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1561 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.194 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5831, 22.8919, 60.2374)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159CD #65CD59

analogous

#8759CD #C159CD #CD599F

triadic

#C159CD #CDC159 #59CDC1

tetradic

#C159CD #CD8759 #65CD59 #599FCD

square

#C159CD #CD8759 #65CD59 #599FCD

split-complementary

#C159CD #9FCD59 #59CD87

monochromatic

#7A2884 #A636B3 #C159CD #D388DB #E4B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C159CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C159CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159CD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159CD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6988CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.194 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68ddd',
    500: '#c159cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159cd;
$custom-light: #d68ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.19441,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159CD

secondary

#AED8AA

accent

#DD4B5A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159CD

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

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