#B159AA#B159AA

#B159AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.153 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159AA
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 47.02, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 54.60, 329.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.133 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.153 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9593, 19.3959, 40.2409)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159AA #59B160

analogous

#8C59B1 #B159AA #B1597E

triadic

#B159AA #AAB159 #59AAB1

tetradic

#B159AA #B18C59 #59B160 #597EB1

square

#B159AA #B18C59 #59B160 #597EB1

split-complementary

#B159AA #7EB159 #59B18C

monochromatic

#622E5E #8B4185 #B159AA #C583BF #D8ACD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B159AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B159AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159AA

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159AA	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5572AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.153 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bc3',
    500: '#b159aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159aa;
$custom-light: #ca8bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.773,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5982,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159AA

secondary

#A0C6A3

accent

#CC655C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159AA

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

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