#B15BE9#B15BE9

#B15BE9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.212 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15BE9
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 58.62, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 82.53, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.1353 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.212 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5777, 22.7131, 79.5322)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15BE9 #93E95B

analogous

#6A5BE9 #B15BE9 #E95BDA

triadic

#B15BE9 #E9B15B #5BE9B1

tetradic

#B15BE9 #E96A5B #93E95B #5BDAE9

square

#B15BE9 #E96A5B #93E95B #5BDAE9

split-complementary

#B15BE9 #DAE95B #5BE96A

monochromatic

#7518B2 #9725E2 #B15BE9 #CB91F0 #E4C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B15BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B15BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15BE9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15BE9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.212 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ef1',
    500: '#b15be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15be9;
$custom-light: #cc8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.21239,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15BE9

secondary

#CBE9B7

accent

#D90D5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15BE9

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

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