#B155E4#B155E4

#B155E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.216 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B155E4
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 60.39, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 83.34, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1424 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.216 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3810, 21.4464, 75.6595)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B155E4 #88E455

analogous

#6A55E4 #B155E4 #E455D0

triadic

#B155E4 #E4B155 #55E4B1

tetradic

#B155E4 #E46A55 #88E455 #55D0E4

square

#B155E4 #E46A55 #88E455 #55D0E4

split-complementary

#B155E4 #D0E455 #55E46A

monochromatic

#731AA4 #9823D9 #B155E4 #C98AEC #E1BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B155E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B155E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B155E4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B155E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B155E4	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4781E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b155e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.216 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8aed',
    500: '#b155e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b155e4;
$custom-light: #cc8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b155e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.601,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6247,
    "c": 0.21553,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B155E4

secondary

#C3E5B0

accent

#D51157

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B155E4

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

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