#C159D6#C159D6

#C159D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.203 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159D6
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 214)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 59.53, -46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 75.37, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1567 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.203 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7009, 23.3390, 66.1243)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159D6 #6ED659

analogous

#8359D6 #C159D6 #D659AD

triadic

#C159D6 #D6C159 #59D6C1

tetradic

#C159D6 #D68359 #6ED659 #59ADD6

square

#C159D6 #D68359 #6ED659 #59ADD6

split-complementary

#C159D6 #ADD659 #59D683

monochromatic

#7F2491 #A930C2 #C159D6 #D38AE2 #E6BBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C159D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C159D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159D6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159D6	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.203 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de3',
    500: '#c159d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159d6;
$custom-light: #d78de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.92,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.20275,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159D6

secondary

#B5DEAD

accent

#E4445F

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159D6

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

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