#B159CA#B159CA

#B159CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.184 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159CA
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 53.10, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 68.87, 320.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1371 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.184 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3631, 20.7574, 58.1675)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159CA #72CA59

analogous

#7959CA #B159CA #CA59AA

triadic

#B159CA #CAB159 #59CAB1

tetradic

#B159CA #CA7959 #72CA59 #59AACA

square

#B159CA #CA7959 #72CA59 #59AACA

split-complementary

#B159CA #AACA59 #59CA79

monochromatic

#6D2980 #9438AE #B159CA #C787D9 #DDB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B159CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B159CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159CA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159CA	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4078CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.184 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cda',
    500: '#b159ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ca;
$custom-light: #cb8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.726,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.1836,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159CA

secondary

#B3D6A8

accent

#DB4D6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159CA

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

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