#B159C8#B159C8

#B159C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.182 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159C8
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 52.70, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 67.94, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.1369 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.182 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1278, 20.6633, 56.9284)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159C8 #70C859

analogous

#7A59C8 #B159C8 #C859A7

triadic

#B159C8 #C8B159 #59C8B1

tetradic

#B159C8 #C87A59 #70C859 #59A7C8

square

#B159C8 #C87A59 #70C859 #59A7C8

split-complementary

#B159C8 #A7C859 #59C87A

monochromatic

#6C297D #9339AB #B159C8 #C787D7 #DCB5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B159C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B159C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159C8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159C8	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.182 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cd9',
    500: '#b159c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159c8;
$custom-light: #cb8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.568,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61342,
    "c": 0.18161,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159C8

secondary

#B1D5A8

accent

#DA4E6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159C8

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

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