#C159F8#C159F8

#C159F8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.235 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159F8
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 248)
HSL	hsl(279, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 64.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 66.29, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 90.94, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.1567 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.235 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5049, 25.2606, 91.4254)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159F8 #90F859

analogous

#7159F8 #C159F8 #F859E0

triadic

#C159F8 #F8C159 #59F8C1

tetradic

#C159F8 #F87159 #90F859 #59E0F8

square

#C159F8 #F87159 #90F859 #59E0F8

split-complementary

#C159F8 #E0F859 #59F871

monochromatic

#8A09CE #AB1EF6 #C159F8 #D794FA #EDCEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C159F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C159F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159F8

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159F8	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0085FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A8CF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB79A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.235 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88efb',
    500: '#c159f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159f8;
$custom-light: #d88efb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.245,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66096,
    "c": 0.23524,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159F8

secondary

#CEF1BC

accent

#E6004F

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159F8

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

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