#B255AE#B255AE

#B255AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.164 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255AE
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 50.02, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 58.72, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1405 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.164 329)
XYZ	xyz(29.2482, 19.0197, 42.1668)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255AE #55B259

analogous

#8855B2 #B255AE #B25580

triadic

#B255AE #AEB255 #55AEB2

tetradic

#B255AE #B28855 #55B259 #5580B2

square

#B255AE #B28855 #55B259 #5580B2

split-complementary

#B255AE #80B255 #55B288

monochromatic

#612C5E #8B3F88 #B255AE #C57FC2 #D8A9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B255AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B255AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255AE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255AE	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E71B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.164 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c6',
    500: '#b255ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ae;
$custom-light: #cb89c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.581,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59584,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.19018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255AE

secondary

#9DC69F

accent

#CE5F5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255AE

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

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