#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
RGBrgb(177, 91, 229)
HSLhsl(277, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(277, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(22.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(54.54, 57.75, -56.22)
CIE-LCHlch(54.54, 80.60, 315.77°)
OKLaboklab(63.29% 0.1353 -0.1583)
OKLCHoklch(63.29% 0.208 310.5)
XYZxyz(36.0127, 22.4872, 76.5569)
Luminance0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B15BE51.003.825.505.50
#FFFFFF3.821.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5021.001.001.00
##0000005.5021.001.001.00

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

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#B15BE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva