#C159DC#C159DC

#C159DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.208 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159DC
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 220)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 60.68, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 78.07, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.157 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.208 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4813, 23.6511, 70.2344)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159DC #74DC59

analogous

#8059DC #C159DC #DC59B5

triadic

#C159DC #DCC159 #59DCC1

tetradic

#C159DC #DC8059 #74DC59 #59B5DC

square

#C159DC #DC8059 #74DC59 #59B5DC

split-complementary

#C159DC #B5DC59 #59DC80

monochromatic

#81209A #AB2BCD #C159DC #D48CE7 #E7BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C159DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C159DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159DC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159DC	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6189D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.208 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de7',
    500: '#c159dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159dc;
$custom-light: #d78de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.634,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64432,
    "c": 0.20839,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159DC

secondary

#BAE1AF

accent

#CD183E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159DC

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

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