#B255AB#B255AB

#B255AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.161 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255AB
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 171)
HSL	hsl(305, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 49.49, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 57.47, 329.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.14 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.161 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9590, 18.9040, 40.6437)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255AB #55B25C

analogous

#8B55B2 #B255AB #B2557D

triadic

#B255AB #ABB255 #55ABB2

tetradic

#B255AB #B28B55 #55B25C #557DB2

square

#B255AB #B28B55 #55B25C #557DB2

split-complementary

#B255AB #7DB255 #55B28B

monochromatic

#612C5D #8B3F85 #B255AB #C57FC0 #D8A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B255AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B255AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255AB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255AB	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5070AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.161 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c4',
    500: '#b255ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ab;
$custom-light: #cb89c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.516,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59439,
    "c": 0.16116,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255AB

secondary

#9DC6A0

accent

#CE635A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255AB

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

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