#C159EE#C159EE

#C159EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.226 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159EE
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(282, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 64.24, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 86.31, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1571 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.226 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9947, 24.6565, 83.4720)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159EE #86EE59

analogous

#7759EE #C159EE #EE59D1

triadic

#C159EE #EEC159 #59EEC1

tetradic

#C159EE #EE7759 #86EE59 #59D1EE

square

#C159EE #EE7759 #86EE59 #59D1EE

split-complementary

#C159EE #D1EE59 #59EE77

monochromatic

#8713BA #AC21E8 #C159EE #D691F4 #EAC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C159EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#C159EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159EE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159EE	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B82F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD759C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.226 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ef4',
    500: '#c159ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ee;
$custom-light: #d78ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.879,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65482,
    "c": 0.22558,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159EE

secondary

#C7EBB7

accent

#DE0848

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159EE

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

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