#B159B2#B159B2

#B159B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.160 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159B2
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(299, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 50%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 48.47, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 58.01, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1343 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.16 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7392, 19.7078, 44.3484)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159B2 #5AB259

analogous

#8559B2 #B159B2 #B25986

triadic

#B159B2 #B2B159 #59B2B1

tetradic

#B159B2 #B28559 #5AB259 #5986B2

square

#B159B2 #B28559 #5AB259 #5986B2

split-complementary

#B159B2 #86B259 #59B285

monochromatic

#622E63 #8C418D #B159B2 #C583C5 #D8ADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B159B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B159B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159B2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159B2	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.160 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bc9',
    500: '#b159b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159b2;
$custom-light: #ca8bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.326,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60202,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159B2

secondary

#A0C7A0

accent

#CD5B5C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159B2

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

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