#C159D5#C159D5

#C159D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.202 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159D5
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 59.34, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 74.92, 322.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1567 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.202 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5735, 23.2881, 65.4538)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159D5 #6DD559

analogous

#8359D5 #C159D5 #D559AB

triadic

#C159D5 #D5C159 #59D5C1

tetradic

#C159D5 #D58359 #6DD559 #59ABD5

square

#C159D5 #D58359 #6DD559 #59ABD5

split-complementary

#C159D5 #ABD559 #59D583

monochromatic

#7E248F #A931C0 #C159D5 #D38AE1 #E5BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C159D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#C159D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159D5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159D5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6588D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.202 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de2',
    500: '#c159d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159d5;
$custom-light: #d78de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64044,
    "c": 0.20181,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159D5

secondary

#B4DDAD

accent

#E3455E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159D5

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

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