#C159F5#C159F5

#C159F5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.232 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C159F5
RGBrgb(193, 89, 245)
HSLhsl(280, 89%, 65%)
HSVhsv(280, 64%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(21.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.15, 65.67, -60.88)
CIE-LCHlch(57.15, 89.55, 317.17°)
OKLaboklab(65.91% 0.1568 -0.1714)
OKLCHoklch(65.91% 0.232 312.5)
XYZxyz(42.0432, 25.0759, 88.9939)
Luminance0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C159F5 #8DF559
analogous
#7359F5 #C159F5 #F559DB
triadic
#C159F5 #F5C159 #59F5C1
tetradic
#C159F5 #F57359 #8DF559 #59DBF5
square
#C159F5 #F57359 #8DF559 #59DBF5
split-complementary
#C159F5 #DBF559 #59F573
monochromatic
#890CC8 #AB1FF2 #C159F5 #D793F8 #ECCCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#C159F5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01
#C159F5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159F5
6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C159F5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C159F51.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0084FA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D8BF1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB779F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c159f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.232 312.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ef9',
    500: '#c159f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c159f5;
$custom-light: #d88ef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c159f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.23234,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C159F5
secondary
#CCEFBB
accent
#E5004D
background
#FDF9FF
surface
#FBF1FF
border
#D4CBD7
text
#150D17
muted
#837E85

Preview Lab

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#C159F5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva