#B159F2#B159F2

#B159F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.224 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159F2
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 242)
HSL	hsl(275, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 61.54, -62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 87.94, 314.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1372 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.224 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7275, 22.9032, 86.4204)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159F2 #9AF259

analogous

#6559F2 #B159F2 #F259E6

triadic

#B159F2 #F2B159 #59F2B1

tetradic

#B159F2 #F26559 #9AF259 #59E6F2

square

#B159F2 #F26559 #9AF259 #59E6F2

split-complementary

#B159F2 #E6F259 #59F265

monochromatic

#760FC1 #9620EE #B159F2 #CC92F6 #E6CBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B159F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B159F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159F2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159F2	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C84EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7799E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.224 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df7',
    500: '#b159f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159f2;
$custom-light: #cd8df7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.51,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63854,
    "c": 0.22441,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159F2

secondary

#CFEDB9

accent

#E20462

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159F2

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

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