#B15BE3#B15BE3

#B15BE3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.206 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15BE3
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 57.32, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 79.64, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1353 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.206 311)
XYZ	xyz(35.7351, 22.3761, 75.0947)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15BE3 #8DE35B

analogous

#6D5BE3 #B15BE3 #E35BD1

triadic

#B15BE3 #E3B15B #5BE3B1

tetradic

#B15BE3 #E36D5B #8DE35B #5BD1E3

square

#B15BE3 #E36D5B #8DE35B #5BD1E3

split-complementary

#B15BE3 #D1E35B #5BE36D

monochromatic

#741DA7 #9827DA #B15BE3 #CA8FEC #E3C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B15BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B15BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15BE3

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15BE3	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.206 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8eec',
    500: '#b15be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15be3;
$custom-light: #cc8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63168,
    "c": 0.20616,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.22375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15BE3

secondary

#C6E6B4

accent

#D31359

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15BE3

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

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