#B255B0#B255B0

#B255B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.166 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255B0
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(301, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 50.38, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 59.57, 327.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1408 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.166 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4447, 19.0983, 43.2013)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255B0 #55B257

analogous

#8655B2 #B255B0 #B25582

triadic

#B255B0 #B0B255 #55B0B2

tetradic

#B255B0 #B28655 #55B257 #5582B2

square

#B255B0 #B28655 #55B257 #5582B2

split-complementary

#B255B0 #82B255 #55B286

monochromatic

#612C60 #8B3F89 #B255B0 #C57FC4 #D8A9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B255B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#B255B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255B0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255B0	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D71B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.166 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c8',
    500: '#b255b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255b0;
$custom-light: #cb89c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.29,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59681,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255B0

secondary

#9DC69E

accent

#CE5D5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255B0

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

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