#B15BE8#B15BE8

#B15BE8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.211 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15BE8
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 58.40, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 82.05, 315.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1353 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.211 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4352, 22.6562, 78.7820)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15BE8 #92E85B

analogous

#6A5BE8 #B15BE8 #E85BD8

triadic

#B15BE8 #E8B15B #5BE8B1

tetradic

#B15BE8 #E86A5B #92E85B #5BD8E8

square

#B15BE8 #E86A5B #92E85B #5BD8E8

split-complementary

#B15BE8 #D8E85B #5BE86A

monochromatic

#7519B0 #9725E0 #B15BE8 #CB91F0 #E4C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B15BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B15BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15BE8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15BE8	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.211 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ef0',
    500: '#b15be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15be8;
$custom-light: #cc8ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.596,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.21135,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15BE8

secondary

#CAE9B6

accent

#D80E5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15BE8

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

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