#B159BA#B159BA

#B159BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.168 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159BA
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 186)
HSL	hsl(294, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 49.97, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 61.54, 324.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1355 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.168 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5659, 20.0385, 48.7027)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159BA #62BA59

analogous

#8159BA #B159BA #BA5993

triadic

#B159BA #BAB159 #59BAB1

tetradic

#B159BA #BA8159 #62BA59 #5993BA

square

#B159BA #BA8159 #62BA59 #5993BA

split-complementary

#B159BA #93BA59 #59BA81

monochromatic

#662D6C #8F3F97 #B159BA #C584CC #DAAFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B159BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B159BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159BA

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159BA	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C75BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.168 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ccf',
    500: '#b159ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ba;
$custom-light: #ca8ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.433,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60602,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159BA

secondary

#A7CCA3

accent

#D15762

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159BA

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

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