#B159EB#B159EB

#B159EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.217 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159EB
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 60.01, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 84.57, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.1375 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.217 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6963, 22.4907, 80.9891)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159EB #93EB59

analogous

#6859EB #B159EB #EB59DC

triadic

#B159EB #EBB159 #59EBB1

tetradic

#B159EB #EB6859 #93EB59 #59DCEB

square

#B159EB #EB6859 #93EB59 #59DCEB

split-complementary

#B159EB #DCEB59 #59EB68

monochromatic

#7516B4 #9722E4 #B159EB #CB90F2 #E4C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B159EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B159EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159EB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159EB	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4484E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9769A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.217 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df2',
    500: '#b159eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159eb;
$custom-light: #cc8df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.21721,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159EB

secondary

#CBEAB6

accent

#DB0B5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159EB

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

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