#B159FA#B159FA

#B159FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.233 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159FA
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 250)
HSL	hsl(273, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 63.32, -66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 91.78, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.1367 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.233 306)
XYZ	xyz(38.9554, 23.3943, 92.8873)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159FA #A2FA59

analogous

#6159FA #B159FA #FA59F3

triadic

#B159FA #FAB159 #59FAB1

tetradic

#B159FA #FA6159 #A2FA59 #59F3FA

square

#B159FA #FA6159 #A2FA59 #59F3FA

split-complementary

#B159FA #F3FA59 #59FA61

monochromatic

#7606D2 #951EF8 #B159FA #CD94FC #E9D0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B159FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B159FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159FA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159FA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0082FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3085F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.233 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8dfd',
    500: '#b159fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159fa;
$custom-light: #cd8dfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.795,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.23263,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.23394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159FA

secondary

#D5F1BD

accent

#E60068

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159FA

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

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