#C159E7#C159E7

#C159E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.219 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E7
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 62.84, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 83.08, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1572 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.219 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9863, 24.2531, 78.1608)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E7 #7FE759

analogous

#7A59E7 #C159E7 #E759C6

triadic

#C159E7 #E7C159 #59E7C1

tetradic

#C159E7 #E77A59 #7FE759 #59C6E7

square

#C159E7 #E77A59 #7FE759 #59C6E7

split-complementary

#C159E7 #C6E759 #59E77A

monochromatic

#8519AD #AD24DF #C159E7 #D58EEF #E9C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C159E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C159E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E7

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E7	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2981EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.219 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78eef',
    500: '#c159e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e7;
$custom-light: #d78eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.944,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.21885,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E7

secondary

#C2E8B4

accent

#D70F44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E7

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

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