#B252B2#B252B2

#B252B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.172 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B252B2
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 52.19, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 62.10, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.1452 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.172 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4128, 18.7156, 44.1741)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B252B2 #52B252

analogous

#8252B2 #B252B2 #B25282

triadic

#B252B2 #B2B252 #52B2B2

tetradic

#B252B2 #B28252 #52B252 #5282B2

square

#B252B2 #B28252 #52B252 #5282B2

split-complementary

#B252B2 #82B252 #52B282

monochromatic

#5F2A5F #8A3D8A #B252B2 #C57CC5 #D8A7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B252B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B252B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B252B2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B252B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B252B2	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4870B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b252b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.172 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb87c9',
    500: '#b252b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b252b2;
$custom-light: #cb87c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b252b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59381,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B252B2

secondary

#9BC59B

accent

#CE5959

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B252B2

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

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