#B159BE#B159BE

#B159BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.172 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159BE
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 50.74, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 63.34, 323.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.1359 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.172 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9971, 20.2110, 50.9736)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159BE #66BE59

analogous

#7E59BE #B159BE #BE5999

triadic

#B159BE #BEB159 #59BEB1

tetradic

#B159BE #BE7E59 #66BE59 #5999BE

square

#B159BE #BE7E59 #66BE59 #5999BE

split-complementary

#B159BE #99BE59 #59BE7E

monochromatic

#682C71 #903D9D #B159BE #C685CF #DAB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B159BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B159BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159BE

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159BE	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4976C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.172 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cd2',
    500: '#b159be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159be;
$custom-light: #cb8cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.277,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60808,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159BE

secondary

#AACFA4

accent

#D35465

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159BE

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

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