#C159E9#C159E9

#C159E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.221 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159E9
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(283, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 63.24, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 84.00, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.1571 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.221 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2704, 24.3668, 79.6569)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159E9 #81E959

analogous

#7959E9 #C159E9 #E959C9

triadic

#C159E9 #E9C159 #59E9C1

tetradic

#C159E9 #E97959 #81E959 #59C9E9

square

#C159E9 #E97959 #81E959 #59C9E9

split-complementary

#C159E9 #C9E959 #59E979

monochromatic

#8617B0 #AD23E2 #C159E9 #D58FF0 #E9C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C159E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C159E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159E9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159E9	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2681ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.221 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ef1',
    500: '#c159e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159e9;
$custom-light: #d78ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65183,
    "c": 0.22077,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159E9

secondary

#C3E9B5

accent

#D90D45

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159E9

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

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