#B159DF#B159DF

#B159DF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.205 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159DF
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 57.44, -53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 78.81, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1378 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.205 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0208, 21.8205, 72.1647)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159DF #87DF59

analogous

#6E59DF #B159DF #DF59CA

triadic

#B159DF #DFB159 #59DFB1

tetradic

#B159DF #DF6E59 #87DF59 #59CADF

square

#B159DF #DF6E59 #87DF59 #59CADF

split-complementary

#B159DF #CADF59 #59DF6E

monochromatic

#731F9F #9829D2 #B159DF #C98CE9 #E1C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B159DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B159DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159DF

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159DF	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5083DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.205 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cea',
    500: '#b159df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159df;
$custom-light: #cc8cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62666,
    "c": 0.20489,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159DF

secondary

#C2E3B1

accent

#D01656

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159DF

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

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