#B155E1#B155E1

#B155E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.213 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B155E1
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, 59.76, -56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 81.91, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1425 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.213 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9681, 21.2812, 73.4852)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B155E1 #85E155

analogous

#6B55E1 #B155E1 #E155CB

triadic

#B155E1 #E1B155 #55E1B1

tetradic

#B155E1 #E16B55 #85E155 #55CBE1

square

#B155E1 #E16B55 #85E155 #55CBE1

split-complementary

#B155E1 #CBE155 #55E16B

monochromatic

#721C9F #9825D3 #B155E1 #C989EA #E1BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B155E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B155E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B155E1

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B155E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B155E1	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A81DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b155e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.213 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8aeb',
    500: '#b155e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b155e1;
$custom-light: #cc8aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b155e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.21252,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B155E1

secondary

#C1E3AE

accent

#D21455

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B155E1

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

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