#B255AF#B255AF

#B255AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.165 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255AF
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 50.20, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 59.15, 328.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1406 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.165 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3461, 19.0589, 42.6821)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255AF #55B258

analogous

#8755B2 #B255AF #B25581

triadic

#B255AF #AFB255 #55AFB2

tetradic

#B255AF #B28755 #55B258 #5581B2

square

#B255AF #B28755 #55B258 #5581B2

split-complementary

#B255AF #81B255 #55B287

monochromatic

#612C5F #8B3F88 #B255AF #C57FC3 #D8A9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B255AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B255AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255AF

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255AF	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E71B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.165 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c7',
    500: '#b255af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255af;
$custom-light: #cb89c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59632,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255AF

secondary

#9DC69E

accent

#CE5E5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255AF

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

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