#C159CE#C159CE

#C159CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.195 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159CE
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(293, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 58.03, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 71.82, 323.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.1562 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.195 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7042, 22.9403, 60.8751)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159CE #66CE59

analogous

#8659CE #C159CE #CE59A1

triadic

#C159CE #CEC159 #59CEC1

tetradic

#C159CE #CE8659 #66CE59 #59A1CE

square

#C159CE #CE8659 #66CE59 #59A1CE

split-complementary

#C159CE #A1CE59 #59CE86

monochromatic

#7B2785 #A635B5 #C159CE #D388DC #E4B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C159CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C159CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159CE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159CE	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6988CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.195 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68ddd',
    500: '#c159ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ce;
$custom-light: #d68ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63667,
    "c": 0.19533,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159CE

secondary

#AFD9AA

accent

#DE4A5A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159CE

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

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