#B159EA#B159EA

#B159EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.216 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159EA
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 59.80, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 84.09, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1376 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.216 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5522, 22.4331, 80.2304)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159EA #92EA59

analogous

#6859EA #B159EA #EA59DA

triadic

#B159EA #EAB159 #59EAB1

tetradic

#B159EA #EA6859 #92EA59 #59DAEA

square

#B159EA #EA6859 #92EA59 #59DAEA

split-complementary

#B159EA #DAEA59 #59EA68

monochromatic

#7517B2 #9723E3 #B159EA #CB8FF1 #E4C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B159EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B159EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159EA

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159EA	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4584E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.216 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df1',
    500: '#b159ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ea;
$custom-light: #cc8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.414,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.21618,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159EA

secondary

#CAE9B6

accent

#DA0C5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159EA

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

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