#B159BF#B159BF

#B159BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.173 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159BF
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 50.93, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 63.80, 322.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1361 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.173 322)
XYZ	xyz(31.1068, 20.2549, 51.5512)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159BF #67BF59

analogous

#7E59BF #B159BF #BF599A

triadic

#B159BF #BFB159 #59BFB1

tetradic

#B159BF #BF7E59 #67BF59 #599ABF

square

#B159BF #BF7E59 #67BF59 #599ABF

split-complementary

#B159BF #9ABF59 #59BF7E

monochromatic

#682C72 #913D9E #B159BF #C685D0 #DBB1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B159BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B159BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159BF

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159BF	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4876C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.173 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cd3',
    500: '#b159bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159bf;
$custom-light: #cb8cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.765,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6086,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.20253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159BF

secondary

#AACFA4

accent

#D45465

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159BF

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

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