#B159D9#B159D9

#B159D9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.199 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159D9
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 56.17, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 75.95, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1377 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.199 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2261, 21.5026, 67.9797)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159D9 #81D959

analogous

#7159D9 #B159D9 #D959C1

triadic

#B159D9 #D9B159 #59D9B1

tetradic

#B159D9 #D97159 #81D959 #59C1D9

square

#B159D9 #D97159 #81D959 #59C1D9

split-complementary

#B159D9 #C1D959 #59D971

monochromatic

#712295 #972EC7 #B159D9 #C88BE4 #E0BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B159D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B159D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159D9

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159D9	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.199 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ce5',
    500: '#b159d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159d9;
$custom-light: #cb8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62309,
    "c": 0.19876,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159D9

secondary

#BEE0AE

accent

#E64275

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159D9

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

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