#B15CE5#B15CE5

#B15CE5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.207 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15CE5
RGB	rgb(177, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 57.27, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 80.05, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1341 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.207 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0988, 22.6593, 76.5856)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15CE5 #90E55C

analogous

#6C5CE5 #B15CE5 #E55CD5

triadic

#B15CE5 #E5B15C #5CE5B1

tetradic

#B15CE5 #E56C5C #90E55C #5CD5E5

square

#B15CE5 #E56C5C #90E55C #5CD5E5

split-complementary

#B15CE5 #D5E55C #5CE56C

monochromatic

#751BAB #9827DD #B15CE5 #CA91ED #E4C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B15CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B15CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15CE5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15CE5	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)

#267FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.207 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8eee',
    500: '#b15ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15ce5;
$custom-light: #cc8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.226,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.20682,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15CE5

secondary

#C8E7B6

accent

#D5115B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15CE5

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

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