#B159CB#B159CB

#B159CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.185 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159CB
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 53.30, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 69.34, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1371 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.185 318)
XYZ	xyz(32.4818, 20.8049, 58.7931)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159CB #73CB59

analogous

#7859CB #B159CB #CB59AC

triadic

#B159CB #CBB159 #59CBB1

tetradic

#B159CB #CB7859 #73CB59 #59ACCB

square

#B159CB #CB7859 #73CB59 #59ACCB

split-complementary

#B159CB #ACCB59 #59CB78

monochromatic

#6D2881 #9437B0 #B159CB #C788DA #DDB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B159CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B159CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159CB

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159CB	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F78CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.185 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cdb',
    500: '#b159cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159cb;
$custom-light: #cb8cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.316,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.1846,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.20804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159CB

secondary

#B3D7A9

accent

#DC4C6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159CB

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

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