#C159FA#C159FA

#C159FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.237 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159FA
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 250)
HSL	hsl(279, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 64.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 66.70, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 91.87, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.1566 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.237 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8168, 25.3854, 93.0683)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159FA #92FA59

analogous

#7159FA #C159FA #FA59E2

triadic

#C159FA #FAC159 #59FAC1

tetradic

#C159FA #FA7159 #92FA59 #59E2FA

square

#C159FA #FA7159 #92FA59 #59E2FA

split-complementary

#C159FA #E2FA59 #59FA71

monochromatic

#8A06D2 #AB1EF8 #C159FA #D794FC #EDD0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C159FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#C159FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159FA

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159FA	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0085FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#488CF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA79A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.237 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88efd',
    500: '#c159fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159fa;
$custom-light: #d88efd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.758,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.23718,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159FA

secondary

#D0F1BD

accent

#E60051

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159FA

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

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