#C159CF#C159CF

#C159CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.196 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159CF
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 207)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 58.21, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 72.26, 323.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1563 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.196 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8261, 22.9891, 61.5170)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159CF #67CF59

analogous

#8659CF #C159CF #CF59A2

triadic

#C159CF #CFC159 #59CFC1

tetradic

#C159CF #CF8659 #67CF59 #59A2CF

square

#C159CF #CF8659 #67CF59 #59A2CF

split-complementary

#C159CF #A2CF59 #59CF86

monochromatic

#7B2787 #A735B6 #C159CF #D388DD #E4B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C159CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C159CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159CF

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159CF	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6888CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.196 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68dde',
    500: '#c159cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159cf;
$custom-light: #d68dde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6372,
    "c": 0.19625,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159CF

secondary

#B0D9AA

accent

#DE495B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159CF

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

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