#B159DB#B159DB

#B159DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.201 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159DB
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 56.59, -52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 76.90, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1378 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.201 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4878, 21.6073, 69.3580)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159DB #83DB59

analogous

#7059DB #B159DB #DB59C4

triadic

#B159DB #DBB159 #59DBB1

tetradic

#B159DB #DB7059 #83DB59 #59C4DB

square

#B159DB #DB7059 #83DB59 #59C4DB

split-complementary

#B159DB #C4DB59 #59DB70

monochromatic

#722199 #972CCB #B159DB #C98BE6 #E0BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B159DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B159DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159DB

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159DB	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.201 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ce7',
    500: '#b159db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159db;
$custom-light: #cb8ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.615,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.20081,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159DB

secondary

#BFE1AF

accent

#CC1953

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159DB

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

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