#B4159E#B4159E

#B4159E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.226 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4159E
RGB	rgb(180, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(308, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(308, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.3%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 70.08, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 78.07, 333.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.2054 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.226 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2625, 12.7107, 33.4641)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4159E #15B42B

analogous

#7B15B4 #B4159E #B4154F

triadic

#B4159E #9EB415 #159EB4

tetradic

#B4159E #B47B15 #15B42B #154FB4

square

#B4159E #B47B15 #15B42B #154FB4

split-complementary

#B4159E #4FB415 #15B47B

monochromatic

#46083E #7D0F6E #B4159E #E521CA #EC58D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B4159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B4159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4159E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4159E	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1556A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD285E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.226 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6dbb',
    500: '#b4159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4159e;
$custom-light: #cf6dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.302,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5331,
    "c": 0.22598,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4159E

secondary

#56CF67

accent

#F64D32

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140812

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4159E

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

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