#B159E4#B159E4

#B159E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.210 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E4
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 58.50, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 81.21, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1377 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.21 311)
XYZ	xyz(35.7048, 22.0941, 75.7674)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E4 #8CE459

analogous

#6C59E4 #B159E4 #E459D1

triadic

#B159E4 #E4B159 #59E4B1

tetradic

#B159E4 #E46C59 #8CE459 #59D1E4

square

#B159E4 #E46C59 #8CE459 #59D1E4

split-complementary

#B159E4 #D1E459 #59E46C

monochromatic

#741BA7 #9824DB #B159E4 #CA8EED #E2C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B159E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B159E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E4	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.210 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ced',
    500: '#b159e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e4;
$custom-light: #cc8ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.986,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.21002,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.22093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E4

secondary

#C6E6B3

accent

#D41159

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E4

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

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