#B159E9#B159E9

#B159E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.215 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159E9
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 59.58, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 83.61, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.1376 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.215 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4090, 22.3758, 79.4759)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159E9 #91E959

analogous

#6959E9 #B159E9 #E959D9

triadic

#B159E9 #E9B159 #59E9B1

tetradic

#B159E9 #E96959 #91E959 #59D9E9

square

#B159E9 #E96959 #91E959 #59D9E9

split-complementary

#B159E9 #D9E959 #59E969

monochromatic

#7517B0 #9823E2 #B159E9 #CA8FF0 #E4C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B159E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B159E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159E9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159E9	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4684E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.215 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df1',
    500: '#b159e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159e9;
$custom-light: #cc8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63281,
    "c": 0.21515,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159E9

secondary

#C9E9B5

accent

#D90D5C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159E9

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

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