#B15AE2#B15AE2

#B15AE2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.207 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15AE2
RGB	rgb(177, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 57.59, -55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 79.70, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1366 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.207 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5126, 22.1512, 74.3416)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15AE2 #8BE25A

analogous

#6D5AE2 #B15AE2 #E25ACF

triadic

#B15AE2 #E2B15A #5AE2B1

tetradic

#B15AE2 #E26D5A #8BE25A #5ACFE2

square

#B15AE2 #E26D5A #8BE25A #5ACFE2

split-complementary

#B15AE2 #CFE25A #5AE26D

monochromatic

#741DA5 #9826D9 #B15AE2 #CA8EEB #E2C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B15AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B15AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15AE2

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15AE2	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.207 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8dec',
    500: '#b15ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15ae2;
$custom-light: #cc8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.382,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15AE2

secondary

#C5E5B3

accent

#D21358

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15AE2

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

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