#B155E6#B155E6

#B155E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.218 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B155E6
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 60.82, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 84.29, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1423 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.218 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6602, 21.5581, 77.1302)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B155E6 #8AE655

analogous

#6955E6 #B155E6 #E655D3

triadic

#B155E6 #E6B155 #55E6B1

tetradic

#B155E6 #E66955 #8AE655 #55D3E6

square

#B155E6 #E66955 #8AE655 #55D3E6

split-complementary

#B155E6 #D3E655 #55E669

monochromatic

#7419A8 #9821DD #B155E6 #C98AEE #E2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B155E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B155E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B155E6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B155E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B155E6	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b155e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.218 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8aef',
    500: '#b155e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b155e6;
$custom-light: #cc8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b155e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62595,
    "c": 0.21754,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B155E6

secondary

#C4E6B1

accent

#D60F58

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B155E6

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

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