#B255A8#B255A8

#B255A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.159 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255A8
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 168)
HSL	hsl(306, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(306, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 48.96, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 56.24, 330.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1395 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.159 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6763, 18.7910, 39.1548)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255A8 #55B25F

analogous

#8E55B2 #B255A8 #B2557A

triadic

#B255A8 #A8B255 #55A8B2

tetradic

#B255A8 #B28E55 #55B25F #557AB2

square

#B255A8 #B28E55 #55B25F #557AB2

split-complementary

#B255A8 #7AB255 #55B28E

monochromatic

#612C5B #8B3F83 #B255A8 #C57FBE #D8A9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B255A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B255A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255A8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255A8	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5170AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.159 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c2',
    500: '#b255a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255a8;
$custom-light: #cb89c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.452,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59297,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255A8

secondary

#9DC6A1

accent

#CE675A

background

#FCF8FB

surface

#F9F0F7

border

#D2CBD0

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255A8

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

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