#C159E6#C159E6

#C159E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.218 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E6
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 62.64, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 82.63, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1572 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.218 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8454, 24.1968, 77.4191)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E6 #7EE659

analogous

#7A59E6 #C159E6 #E659C5

triadic

#C159E6 #E6C159 #59E6C1

tetradic

#C159E6 #E67A59 #7EE659 #59C5E6

square

#C159E6 #E67A59 #7EE659 #59C5E6

split-complementary

#C159E6 #C5E659 #59E67A

monochromatic

#851AAB #AD24DE #C159E6 #D58EEE #E9C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C159E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C159E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E6	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.218 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78eee',
    500: '#c159e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e6;
$custom-light: #d78eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.255,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.2179,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E6

secondary

#C1E7B4

accent

#D61044

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E6

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

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