#C159FF#C159FF

#C159FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.242 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C159FF
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 255)
HSL	hsl(278, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 67.74, -65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 94.19, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.1563 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.242 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6112, 25.7031, 97.2522)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C159FF #97FF59

analogous

#6E59FF #C159FF #FF59EA

triadic

#C159FF #FFC159 #59FFC1

tetradic

#C159FF #FF6E59 #97FF59 #59EAFF

square

#C159FF #FF6E59 #97FF59 #59EAFF

split-complementary

#C159FF #EAFF59 #59FF6E

monochromatic

#8B00DE #AA1CFF #C159FF #D896FF #EFD3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#C159FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#C159FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C159FF

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C159FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C159FF	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0086FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#428CFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c159ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.242 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88eff',
    500: '#c159ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c159ff;
$custom-light: #d88eff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c159ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.24203,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C159FF

secondary

#D3F4C0

accent

#E60056

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF1FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150D18

muted

#837E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C159FF

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

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