#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
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 245)
HSL	hsl(280, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 65.67, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 89.55, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.1568 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.232 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0432, 25.0759, 88.9939)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C159F5	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C159F5

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

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