#B159CE#B159CE

#B159CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.188 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159CE
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 53.91, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 70.75, 319.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1373 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.188 317)
XYZ	xyz(32.8428, 20.9493, 60.6941)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159CE #76CE59

analogous

#7659CE #B159CE #CE59B1

triadic

#B159CE #CEB159 #59CEB1

tetradic

#B159CE #CE7659 #76CE59 #59B1CE

square

#B159CE #CE7659 #76CE59 #59B1CE

split-complementary

#B159CE #B1CE59 #59CE76

monochromatic

#6E2785 #9535B5 #B159CE #C788DC #DDB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B159CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B159CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159CE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159CE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.188 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cdd',
    500: '#b159ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ce;
$custom-light: #cb8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.128,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61675,
    "c": 0.18761,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.20948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159CE

secondary

#B6D9AA

accent

#DE4A6F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159CE

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

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