#B159CD#B159CD

#B159CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.187 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159CD
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 53.70, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 70.28, 319.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.1373 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.187 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7217, 20.9008, 60.0564)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159CD #75CD59

analogous

#7759CD #B159CD #CD59AF

triadic

#B159CD #CDB159 #59CDB1

tetradic

#B159CD #CD7759 #75CD59 #59AFCD

square

#B159CD #CD7759 #75CD59 #59AFCD

split-complementary

#B159CD #AFCD59 #59CD77

monochromatic

#6E2884 #9536B3 #B159CD #C788DB #DDB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B159CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B159CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159CD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159CD	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.187 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cdd',
    500: '#b159cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159cd;
$custom-light: #cb8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61619,
    "c": 0.18661,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159CD

secondary

#B5D8AA

accent

#DD4B6E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159CD

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

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