#C159DD#C159DD

#C159DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.209 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159DD
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 60.87, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 78.52, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.157 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.209 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6141, 23.7043, 70.9340)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159DD #75DD59

analogous

#7F59DD #C159DD #DD59B7

triadic

#C159DD #DDC159 #59DDC1

tetradic

#C159DD #DD7F59 #75DD59 #59B7DD

square

#C159DD #DD7F59 #75DD59 #59B7DD

split-complementary

#C159DD #B7DD59 #59DD7F

monochromatic

#81209C #AC2ACF #C159DD #D48CE7 #E7BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C159DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C159DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159DD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159DD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6089DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.209 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78de8',
    500: '#c159dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159dd;
$custom-light: #d78de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64488,
    "c": 0.20933,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159DD

secondary

#BBE2B0

accent

#CE183E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159DD

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

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