#B159BB#B159BB

#B159BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.169 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159BB
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(294, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 50.16, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 61.99, 324.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1356 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.169 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6726, 20.0812, 49.2645)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159BB #63BB59

analogous

#8059BB #B159BB #BB5994

triadic

#B159BB #BBB159 #59BBB1

tetradic

#B159BB #BB8059 #63BB59 #5994BB

square

#B159BB #BB8059 #63BB59 #5994BB

split-complementary

#B159BB #94BB59 #59BB80

monochromatic

#662D6D #8F3E98 #B159BB #C584CD #DAB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B159BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B159BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159BB

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159BB	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B75BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.169 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cd0',
    500: '#b159bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159bb;
$custom-light: #ca8cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.878,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60653,
    "c": 0.16885,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159BB

secondary

#A7CDA3

accent

#D25663

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159BB

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

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