#B159E7#B159E7

#B159E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.213 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E7
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 59.15, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 82.65, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1377 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.213 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1249, 22.2621, 77.9798)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E7 #8FE759

analogous

#6A59E7 #B159E7 #E759D6

triadic

#B159E7 #E7B159 #59E7B1

tetradic

#B159E7 #E76A59 #8FE759 #59D6E7

square

#B159E7 #E76A59 #8FE759 #59D6E7

split-complementary

#B159E7 #D6E759 #59E76A

monochromatic

#7419AD #9824DF #B159E7 #CA8EEF #E3C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B159E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B159E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E7

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E7	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.213 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8def',
    500: '#b159e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e7;
$custom-light: #cc8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.183,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63157,
    "c": 0.2131,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E7

secondary

#C8E8B4

accent

#D70F5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E7

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

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