#B159DC#B159DC

#B159DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.202 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159DC
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 56.80, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 77.38, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1378 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.202 313)
XYZ	xyz(34.6199, 21.6601, 70.0534)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159DC #84DC59

analogous

#6F59DC #B159DC #DC59C6

triadic

#B159DC #DCB159 #59DCB1

tetradic

#B159DC #DC6F59 #84DC59 #59C6DC

square

#B159DC #DC6F59 #84DC59 #59C6DC

split-complementary

#B159DC #C6DC59 #59DC6F

monochromatic

#72209A #982BCD #B159DC #C98CE7 #E0BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B159DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B159DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159DC

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159DC	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.202 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ce7',
    500: '#b159dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159dc;
$custom-light: #cb8ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.305,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62486,
    "c": 0.20183,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.21659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159DC

secondary

#C0E1AF

accent

#CD1854

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159DC

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

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