#B159CF#B159CF

#B159CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.189 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159CF
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 207)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 54.11, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 71.22, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1374 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.189 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9647, 20.9980, 61.3360)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159CF #77CF59

analogous

#7659CF #B159CF #CF59B2

triadic

#B159CF #CFB159 #59CFB1

tetradic

#B159CF #CF7659 #77CF59 #59B2CF

square

#B159CF #CF7659 #77CF59 #59B2CF

split-complementary

#B159CF #B2CF59 #59CF76

monochromatic

#6E2787 #9535B6 #B159CF #C788DD #DEB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B159CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B159CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159CF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159CF	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B79D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.189 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cde',
    500: '#b159cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159cf;
$custom-light: #cb8cde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.746,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61732,
    "c": 0.18862,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159CF

secondary

#B6D9AA

accent

#DE496F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159CF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →