#B159C9#B159C9

#B159C9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.183 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159C9
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 201)
HSL	hsl(287, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 55.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 52.90, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 68.41, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.137 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.183 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2450, 20.7102, 57.5460)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159C9 #71C959

analogous

#7959C9 #B159C9 #C959A9

triadic

#B159C9 #C9B159 #59C9B1

tetradic

#B159C9 #C97959 #71C959 #59A9C9

square

#B159C9 #C97959 #71C959 #59A9C9

split-complementary

#B159C9 #A9C959 #59C979

monochromatic

#6C297E #9438AD #B159C9 #C787D8 #DCB5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B159C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B159C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159C9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159C9	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4178CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.183 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cda',
    500: '#b159c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159c9;
$custom-light: #cb8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61397,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159C9

secondary

#B2D6A8

accent

#DA4D6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159C9

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

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