#C159E5#C159E5

#C159E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.217 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E5
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 62.44, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 82.17, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1571 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.217 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7054, 24.1408, 76.6817)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E5 #7DE559

analogous

#7B59E5 #C159E5 #E559C3

triadic

#C159E5 #E5C159 #59E5C1

tetradic

#C159E5 #E57B59 #7DE559 #59C3E5

square

#C159E5 #E57B59 #7DE559 #59C3E5

split-complementary

#C159E5 #C3E559 #59E57B

monochromatic

#841AA9 #AD24DD #C159E5 #D58EED #E9C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C159E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#C159E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D80E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.217 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78eee',
    500: '#c159e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e5;
$custom-light: #d78eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64948,
    "c": 0.21694,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E5

secondary

#C0E6B3

accent

#D51043

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E5

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

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