#B15BE0#B15BE0

#B15BE0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.203 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15BE0
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 224)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 59.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 56.68, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 78.20, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1353 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.203 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3247, 22.2119, 72.9330)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15BE0 #8AE05B

analogous

#6F5BE0 #B15BE0 #E05BCD

triadic

#B15BE0 #E0B15B #5BE0B1

tetradic

#B15BE0 #E06F5B #8AE05B #5BCDE0

square

#B15BE0 #E06F5B #8AE05B #5BCDE0

split-complementary

#B15BE0 #CDE05B #5BE06F

monochromatic

#741FA2 #9828D5 #B15BE0 #C98EEA #E2C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B15BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B15BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15BE0

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15BE0	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.203 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8eea',
    500: '#b15be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15be0;
$custom-light: #cc8eea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.797,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62987,
    "c": 0.20306,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15BE0

secondary

#C4E4B3

accent

#D01557

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15BE0

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

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