#B159E3#B159E3

#B159E3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.209 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E3
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 60.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, 58.29, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 80.73, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1377 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.209 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5664, 22.0387, 75.0385)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E3 #8BE359

analogous

#6C59E3 #B159E3 #E359D0

triadic

#B159E3 #E3B159 #59E3B1

tetradic

#B159E3 #E36C59 #8BE359 #59D0E3

square

#B159E3 #E36C59 #8BE359 #59D0E3

split-complementary

#B159E3 #D0E359 #59E36C

monochromatic

#741CA6 #9825DA #B159E3 #CA8DEC #E2C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B159E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B159E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E3

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E3	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.209 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cec',
    500: '#b159e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e3;
$custom-light: #cc8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6291,
    "c": 0.20899,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E3

secondary

#C5E5B2

accent

#D31258

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E3

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

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