#B159E8#B159E8

#B159E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.214 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E8
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 59.36, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 83.13, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1376 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.214 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.2665, 22.3188, 78.7257)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E8 #90E859

analogous

#6959E8 #B159E8 #E859D7

triadic

#B159E8 #E8B159 #59E8B1

tetradic

#B159E8 #E86959 #90E859 #59D7E8

square

#B159E8 #E86959 #90E859 #59D7E8

split-complementary

#B159E8 #D7E859 #59E869

monochromatic

#7518AE #9823E1 #B159E8 #CA8FEF #E4C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B159E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B159E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E8	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4783E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.214 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df0',
    500: '#b159e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e8;
$custom-light: #cc8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63219,
    "c": 0.21413,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.22318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E8

secondary

#C8E8B5

accent

#D80E5B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E8

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

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