#B159E5#B159E5

#B159E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.211 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E5
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 58.72, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 81.69, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1377 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.211 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8440, 22.1498, 76.5007)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E5 #8DE559

analogous

#6B59E5 #B159E5 #E559D3

triadic

#B159E5 #E5B159 #59E5B1

tetradic

#B159E5 #E56B59 #8DE559 #59D3E5

square

#B159E5 #E56B59 #8DE559 #59D3E5

split-complementary

#B159E5 #D3E559 #59E56B

monochromatic

#741AA9 #9824DD #B159E5 #CA8EED #E3C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B159E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B159E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E5	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.211 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cee',
    500: '#b159e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e5;
$custom-light: #cc8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63033,
    "c": 0.21104,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E5

secondary

#C6E6B3

accent

#D51059

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E5

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

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