#C159EA#C159EA

#C159EA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.222 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159EA
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(283, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 63.44, -55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 84.46, 318.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1571 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.222 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4136, 24.4241, 80.4114)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159EA #82EA59

analogous

#7859EA #C159EA #EA59CB

triadic

#C159EA #EAC159 #59EAC1

tetradic

#C159EA #EA7859 #82EA59 #59CBEA

square

#C159EA #EA7859 #82EA59 #59CBEA

split-complementary

#C159EA #CBEA59 #59EA78

monochromatic

#8617B2 #AD23E3 #C159EA #D58FF1 #EAC6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C159EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C159EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159EA

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159EA	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2481EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.222 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ef1',
    500: '#c159ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ea;
$custom-light: #d78ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.034,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65242,
    "c": 0.22173,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159EA

secondary

#C4E9B6

accent

#DA0C46

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159EA

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

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