#B155E5#B155E5

#B155E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.217 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B155E5
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 60.60, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 83.81, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1424 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.217 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5202, 21.5021, 76.3927)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B155E5 #89E555

analogous

#6955E5 #B155E5 #E555D1

triadic

#B155E5 #E5B155 #55E5B1

tetradic

#B155E5 #E56955 #89E555 #55D1E5

square

#B155E5 #E56955 #89E555 #55D1E5

split-complementary

#B155E5 #D1E555 #55E569

monochromatic

#7319A6 #9822DB #B155E5 #C98AED #E2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B155E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B155E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B155E5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B155E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B155E5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b155e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.217 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8aee',
    500: '#b155e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b155e5;
$custom-light: #cc8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b155e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62532,
    "c": 0.21653,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B155E5

secondary

#C3E6B0

accent

#D61057

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B155E5

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

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