#B159DD#B159DD

#B159DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.203 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159DD
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 57.01, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 77.86, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.1378 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.203 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7527, 21.7132, 70.7530)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159DD #85DD59

analogous

#6F59DD #B159DD #DD59C7

triadic

#B159DD #DDB159 #59DDB1

tetradic

#B159DD #DD6F59 #85DD59 #59C7DD

square

#B159DD #DD6F59 #85DD59 #59C7DD

split-complementary

#B159DD #C7DD59 #59DD6F

monochromatic

#72209C #982ACF #B159DD #C98CE7 #E1BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B159DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B159DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159DD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159DD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.203 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce8',
    500: '#b159dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159dd;
$custom-light: #cc8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62546,
    "c": 0.20285,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159DD

secondary

#C1E2B0

accent

#CE1854

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159DD

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

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