#B159CC#B159CC

#B159CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.186 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159CC
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 53.50, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 69.81, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1372 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.186 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6014, 20.8527, 59.4227)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159CC #74CC59

analogous

#7859CC #B159CC #CC59AD

triadic

#B159CC #CCB159 #59CCB1

tetradic

#B159CC #CC7859 #74CC59 #59ADCC

square

#B159CC #CC7859 #74CC59 #59ADCC

split-complementary

#B159CC #ADCC59 #59CC78

monochromatic

#6D2883 #9436B1 #B159CC #C788DA #DDB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B159CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B159CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159CC

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159CC	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.186 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cdc',
    500: '#b159cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159cc;
$custom-light: #cb8cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.913,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61563,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159CC

secondary

#B4D8A9

accent

#DC4B6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159CC

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

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