#C159D7#C159D7

#C159D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.204 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159D7
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 215)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(290, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 59.72, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 75.82, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.1568 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.204 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8290, 23.3902, 66.7989)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159D7 #6FD759

analogous

#8259D7 #C159D7 #D759AE

triadic

#C159D7 #D7C159 #59D7C1

tetradic

#C159D7 #D78259 #6FD759 #59AED7

square

#C159D7 #D78259 #6FD759 #59AED7

split-complementary

#C159D7 #AED759 #59D782

monochromatic

#7F2392 #AA2FC4 #C159D7 #D38AE3 #E6BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C159D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#C159D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159D7

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159D7	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6489D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.204 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de4',
    500: '#c159d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159d7;
$custom-light: #d78de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64153,
    "c": 0.20368,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159D7

secondary

#B6DEAD

accent

#E44460

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159D7

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

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