#B255AC#B255AC

#B255AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.162 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255AC
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 172)
HSL	hsl(304, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 49.66, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 57.89, 329.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1401 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.162 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0547, 18.9423, 41.1476)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255AC #55B25B

analogous

#8A55B2 #B255AC #B2557E

triadic

#B255AC #ACB255 #55ACB2

tetradic

#B255AC #B28A55 #55B25B #557EB2

square

#B255AC #B28A55 #55B25B #557EB2

split-complementary

#B255AC #7EB255 #55B28A

monochromatic

#612C5D #8B3F86 #B255AC #C57FC1 #D8A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B255AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B255AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255AC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255AC	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F70AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.162 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c5',
    500: '#b255ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ac;
$custom-light: #cb89c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.871,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59487,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255AC

secondary

#9DC6A0

accent

#CE625A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255AC

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

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