#B159F0#B159F0

#B159F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.222 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159F0
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 240)
HSL	hsl(275, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 61.10, -61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 86.97, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1373 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.222 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4288, 22.7837, 84.8471)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159F0 #98F059

analogous

#6659F0 #B159F0 #F059E3

triadic

#B159F0 #F0B159 #59F0B1

tetradic

#B159F0 #F06659 #98F059 #59E3F0

square

#B159F0 #F06659 #98F059 #59E3F0

split-complementary

#B159F0 #E3F059 #59F066

monochromatic

#7611BD #9721EB #B159F0 #CB91F5 #E6C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B159F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B159F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159F0

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159F0	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7789D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.222 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df6',
    500: '#b159f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159f0;
$custom-light: #cc8df6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.967,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63725,
    "c": 0.22235,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159F0

secondary

#CEECB8

accent

#E00661

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159F0

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

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