#B3159E#B3159E

#B3159E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.226 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3159E
RGB	rgb(179, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(308, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(308, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.3%, 11.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 69.88, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 78.03, 333.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.2045 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.226 335)
XYZ	xyz(25.0305, 12.5911, 33.4532)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3159E #15B32A

analogous

#7915B3 #B3159E #B3154F

triadic

#B3159E #9EB315 #159EB3

tetradic

#B3159E #B37915 #15B32A #154FB3

square

#B3159E #B37915 #15B32A #154FB3

split-complementary

#B3159E #4FB315 #15B379

monochromatic

#45083D #7C0F6E #B3159E #E520CB #EB57D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#B3159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B3159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3159E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3159E	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1355A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC295E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.226 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6dbb',
    500: '#b3159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3159e;
$custom-light: #ce6dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.975,
    "s": 79,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53146,
    "c": 0.22552,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.12589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3159E

secondary

#56CE66

accent

#F54C32

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140812

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3159E

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

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