#C159E4#C159E4

#C159E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.216 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E4
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 62.24, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 81.71, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1571 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.216 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5662, 24.0851, 75.9484)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E4 #7CE459

analogous

#7C59E4 #C159E4 #E459C2

triadic

#C159E4 #E4C159 #59E4C1

tetradic

#C159E4 #E47C59 #7CE459 #59C2E4

square

#C159E4 #E47C59 #7CE459 #59C2E4

split-complementary

#C159E4 #C2E459 #59E47C

monochromatic

#841BA7 #AD24DB #C159E4 #D58EED #E8C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C159E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C159E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E4

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E4	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.216 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78eed',
    500: '#c159e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e4;
$custom-light: #d78eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.892,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6489,
    "c": 0.21599,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E4

secondary

#C0E6B3

accent

#D41142

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E4

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

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