#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
RGBrgb(193, 89, 233)
HSLhsl(283, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(283, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(17.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.45, 63.24, -55.29)
CIE-LCHlch(56.45, 84.00, 318.83°)
OKLaboklab(65.18% 0.1571 -0.1551)
OKLCHoklch(65.18% 0.221 315.4)
XYZxyz(40.2704, 24.3668, 79.6569)
Luminance0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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
##C159E91.003.585.875.87
#FFFFFF3.581.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8721.001.001.00
##0000005.8721.001.001.00

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

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#C159E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva