#C159D8#C159D8

#C159D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.205 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159D8
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 216)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 59.91, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 76.27, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.1568 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.205 320)
XYZ	xyz(37.9578, 23.4418, 67.4777)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159D8 #70D859

analogous

#8259D8 #C159D8 #D859AF

triadic

#C159D8 #D8C159 #59D8C1

tetradic

#C159D8 #D88259 #70D859 #59AFD8

square

#C159D8 #D88259 #70D859 #59AFD8

split-complementary

#C159D8 #AFD859 #59D882

monochromatic

#7F2394 #AA2EC5 #C159D8 #D48BE4 #E6BCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C159D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C159D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159D8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159D8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6389D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.205 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de4',
    500: '#c159d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159d8;
$custom-light: #d78de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.134,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64209,
    "c": 0.20462,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.2344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159D8

secondary

#B7DFAE

accent

#E54360

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159D8

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

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