#B255AA#B255AA

#B255AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.160 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255AA
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 49.31, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 57.06, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1398 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.16 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8641, 18.8661, 40.1436)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255AA #55B25D

analogous

#8C55B2 #B255AA #B2557C

triadic

#B255AA #AAB255 #55AAB2

tetradic

#B255AA #B28C55 #55B25D #557CB2

square

#B255AA #B28C55 #55B25D #557CB2

split-complementary

#B255AA #7CB255 #55B28C

monochromatic

#612C5C #8B3F84 #B255AA #C57FBF #D8A9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B255AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B255AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255AA

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255AA	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5070AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.160 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c3',
    500: '#b255aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255aa;
$custom-light: #cb89c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.161,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59392,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255AA

secondary

#9DC6A0

accent

#CE645A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255AA

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

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