#B15BE5#B15BE5

#B15BE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.208 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15BE5
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 57.75, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 80.60, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.1353 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.208 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0127, 22.4872, 76.5569)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15BE5 #8FE55B

analogous

#6C5BE5 #B15BE5 #E55BD4

triadic

#B15BE5 #E5B15B #5BE5B1

tetradic

#B15BE5 #E56C5B #8FE55B #5BD4E5

square

#B15BE5 #E56C5B #8FE55B #5BD4E5

split-complementary

#B15BE5 #D4E55B #5BE56C

monochromatic

#741BAB #9826DD #B15BE5 #CA90ED #E3C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B15BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B15BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15BE5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15BE5	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)

#237EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.208 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8eee',
    500: '#b15be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15be5;
$custom-light: #cc8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.391,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.20824,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15BE5

secondary

#C8E7B5

accent

#D5115B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15BE5

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

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