#B159BC#B159BC

#B159BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.170 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159BC
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 50.35, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 62.44, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1357 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.17 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7800, 20.1242, 49.8302)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159BC #64BC59

analogous

#8059BC #B159BC #BC5996

triadic

#B159BC #BCB159 #59BCB1

tetradic

#B159BC #BC8059 #64BC59 #5996BC

square

#B159BC #BC8059 #64BC59 #5996BC

split-complementary

#B159BC #96BC59 #59BC80

monochromatic

#672C6E #903E9A #B159BC #C585CE #DAB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B159BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B159BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159BC

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159BC	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#4A75BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.170 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8cd0',
    500: '#b159bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159bc;
$custom-light: #ca8cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60704,
    "c": 0.16981,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159BC

secondary

#A8CDA3

accent

#D25663

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159BC

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

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