#C159E3#C159E3

#C159E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.215 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E3
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 62.05, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 81.25, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1571 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.215 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4278, 24.0298, 75.2195)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E3 #7BE359

analogous

#7C59E3 #C159E3 #E359C0

triadic

#C159E3 #E3C159 #59E3C1

tetradic

#C159E3 #E37C59 #7BE359 #59C0E3

square

#C159E3 #E37C59 #7BE359 #59C0E3

split-complementary

#C159E3 #C0E359 #59E37C

monochromatic

#841CA6 #AD25DA #C159E3 #D58DEC #E8C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C159E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C159E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E3

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E3	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3080E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.215 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78eec',
    500: '#c159e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e3;
$custom-light: #d78eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64832,
    "c": 0.21504,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E3

secondary

#BFE5B2

accent

#D31242

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E3

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

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