#B159EF#B159EF

#B159EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.221 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159EF
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(275, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 60.89, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 86.49, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.1374 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.221 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2807, 22.7244, 84.0669)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159EF #97EF59

analogous

#6659EF #B159EF #EF59E2

triadic

#B159EF #EFB159 #59EFB1

tetradic

#B159EF #EF6659 #97EF59 #59E2EF

square

#B159EF #EF6659 #97EF59 #59E2EF

split-complementary

#B159EF #E2EF59 #59EF66

monochromatic

#7512BC #9721EA #B159EF #CB91F4 #E5C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B159EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B159EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159EF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159EF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.221 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df5',
    500: '#b159ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ef;
$custom-light: #cc8df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.2,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63661,
    "c": 0.22132,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159EF

secondary

#CDECB8

accent

#DF0760

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159EF

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

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