#B159E6#B159E6

#B159E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.212 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E6
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 58.93, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 82.17, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1377 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.212 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9841, 22.2058, 77.2381)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E6 #8EE659

analogous

#6B59E6 #B159E6 #E659D4

triadic

#B159E6 #E6B159 #59E6B1

tetradic

#B159E6 #E66B59 #8EE659 #59D4E6

square

#B159E6 #E66B59 #8EE659 #59D4E6

split-complementary

#B159E6 #D4E659 #59E66B

monochromatic

#741AAB #9824DE #B159E6 #CA8EEE #E3C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B159E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B159E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E6

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E6	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.212 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cef',
    500: '#b159e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e6;
$custom-light: #cc8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.447,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63094,
    "c": 0.21207,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E6

secondary

#C7E7B4

accent

#D6105A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E6

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

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