#C159E8#C159E8

#C159E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.220 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E8
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 63.04, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 83.54, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1571 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.22 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1279, 24.3098, 78.9067)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E8 #80E859

analogous

#7959E8 #C159E8 #E859C8

triadic

#C159E8 #E8C159 #59E8C1

tetradic

#C159E8 #E87959 #80E859 #59C8E8

square

#C159E8 #E87959 #80E859 #59C8E8

split-complementary

#C159E8 #C8E859 #59E879

monochromatic

#8518AE #AD23E1 #C159E8 #D58FEF #E9C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C159E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C159E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E8	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2881EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.220 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ef0',
    500: '#c159e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e8;
$custom-light: #d78ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.21981,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E8

secondary

#C3E8B5

accent

#D80E45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E8

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

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