#B15AE8#B15AE8

#B15AE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.213 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15AE8
RGB	rgb(177, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 58.88, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 82.59, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1365 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.213 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3503, 22.4863, 78.7537)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15AE8 #91E85A

analogous

#6A5AE8 #B15AE8 #E85AD8

triadic

#B15AE8 #E8B15A #5AE8B1

tetradic

#B15AE8 #E86A5A #91E85A #5AD8E8

square

#B15AE8 #E86A5A #91E85A #5AD8E8

split-complementary

#B15AE8 #D8E85A #5AE86A

monochromatic

#7518AF #9824E1 #B15AE8 #CA90EF #E4C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B15AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B15AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15AE8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15AE8	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.213 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8df0',
    500: '#b15ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15ae8;
$custom-light: #cc8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.761,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63346,
    "c": 0.21275,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15AE8

secondary

#C9E8B5

accent

#D80E5C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15AE8

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

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