#B159F6#B159F6

#B159F6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.229 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159F6
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 246)
HSL	hsl(274, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 63.8%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 62.43, -64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 89.86, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1369 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.229 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3349, 23.1461, 89.6190)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159F6 #9EF659

analogous

#6359F6 #B159F6 #F659EC

triadic

#B159F6 #F6B159 #59F6B1

tetradic

#B159F6 #F66359 #9EF659 #59ECF6

square

#B159F6 #F66359 #9EF659 #59ECF6

split-complementary

#B159F6 #ECF659 #59F663

monochromatic

#760BCA #961FF3 #B159F6 #CC93F9 #E8CDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B159F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B159F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159F6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159F6	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3685F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.229 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8dfa',
    500: '#b159f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159f6;
$custom-light: #cd8dfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.631,
    "s": 89.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.22852,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159F6

secondary

#D2F0BB

accent

#E60065

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159F6

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

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