#B159ED#B159ED

#B159ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.219 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159ED
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(276, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 60.45, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 85.53, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1375 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.219 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9869, 22.6069, 82.5195)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159ED #95ED59

analogous

#6759ED #B159ED #ED59DF

triadic

#B159ED #EDB159 #59EDB1

tetradic

#B159ED #ED6759 #95ED59 #59DFED

square

#B159ED #ED6759 #95ED59 #59DFED

split-complementary

#B159ED #DFED59 #59ED67

monochromatic

#7514B8 #9722E7 #B159ED #CB90F3 #E5C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B159ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B159ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159ED

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159ED	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.219 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df4',
    500: '#b159ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ed;
$custom-light: #cc8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63534,
    "c": 0.21927,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159ED

secondary

#CCEBB7

accent

#DD095F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159ED

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

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