#C159EC#C159EC

#C159EC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.224 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159EC
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(282, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 63.84, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 85.38, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.1571 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.224 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7025, 24.5397, 81.9332)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159EC #84EC59

analogous

#7759EC #C159EC #EC59CD

triadic

#C159EC #ECC159 #59ECC1

tetradic

#C159EC #EC7759 #84EC59 #59CDEC

square

#C159EC #EC7759 #84EC59 #59CDEC

split-complementary

#C159EC #CDEC59 #59EC77

monochromatic

#8715B6 #AC22E6 #C159EC #D690F2 #EAC7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C159EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C159EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159EC

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159EC	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2082F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.224 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ef3',
    500: '#c159ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ec;
$custom-light: #d78ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.449,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65362,
    "c": 0.22365,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159EC

secondary

#C6EAB6

accent

#DC0A47

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF1FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159EC

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

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