#B159DE#B159DE

#B159DE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.204 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159DE
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 57.22, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 78.33, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1378 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.204 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8863, 21.7667, 71.4567)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159DE #86DE59

analogous

#6E59DE #B159DE #DE59C8

triadic

#B159DE #DEB159 #59DEB1

tetradic

#B159DE #DE6E59 #86DE59 #59C8DE

square

#B159DE #DE6E59 #86DE59 #59C8DE

split-complementary

#B159DE #C8DE59 #59DE6E

monochromatic

#731F9D #9829D0 #B159DE #C98CE8 #E1BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B159DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B159DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159DE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159DE	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.204 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce9',
    500: '#b159de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159de;
$custom-light: #cc8ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.699,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.20387,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159DE

secondary

#C1E2B0

accent

#CF1755

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159DE

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

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