#B15AE5#B15AE5

#B15AE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.210 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15AE5
RGB	rgb(177, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 58.24, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 81.15, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1365 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.21 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9278, 22.3173, 76.5286)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15AE5 #8EE55A

analogous

#6B5AE5 #B15AE5 #E55AD3

triadic

#B15AE5 #E5B15A #5AE5B1

tetradic

#B15AE5 #E56B5A #8EE55A #5AD3E5

square

#B15AE5 #E56B5A #8EE55A #5AD3E5

split-complementary

#B15AE5 #D3E55A #5AE56B

monochromatic

#741BAA #9825DD #B15AE5 #CA8FED #E3C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B15AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B15AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15AE5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15AE5	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.210 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8dee',
    500: '#b15ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15ae5;
$custom-light: #cc8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.554,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63161,
    "c": 0.20964,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15AE5

secondary

#C7E7B4

accent

#D5115A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15AE5

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

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