#B159BD#B159BD

#B159BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.171 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159BD
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 50.54, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 62.89, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1358 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.171 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8882, 20.1674, 50.3999)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159BD #65BD59

analogous

#7F59BD #B159BD #BD5997

triadic

#B159BD #BDB159 #59BDB1

tetradic

#B159BD #BD7F59 #65BD59 #5997BD

square

#B159BD #BD7F59 #65BD59 #5997BD

split-complementary

#B159BD #97BD59 #59BD7F

monochromatic

#672C6F #903E9B #B159BD #C685CE #DAB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B159BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B159BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159BD

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159BD	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A75C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.171 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cd1',
    500: '#b159bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159bd;
$custom-light: #cb8cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60756,
    "c": 0.17078,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159BD

secondary

#A9CEA4

accent

#D35564

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159BD

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

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