#B159E1#B159E1

#B159E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.207 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E1
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 57.86, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 79.77, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1378 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.207 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2920, 21.9290, 73.5931)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E1 #89E159

analogous

#6D59E1 #B159E1 #E159CD

triadic

#B159E1 #E1B159 #59E1B1

tetradic

#B159E1 #E16D59 #89E159 #59CDE1

square

#B159E1 #E16D59 #89E159 #59CDE1

split-complementary

#B159E1 #CDE159 #59E16D

monochromatic

#731DA2 #9827D6 #B159E1 #C98DEA #E2C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B159E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B159E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E1

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E1	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.207 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ceb',
    500: '#b159e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e1;
$custom-light: #cc8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62788,
    "c": 0.20694,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E1

secondary

#C3E4B2

accent

#D11457

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E1

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

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