#B255B2#B255B2

#B255B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.167 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255B2
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 50.74, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 60.42, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1411 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.167 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6440, 19.1780, 44.2512)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255B2 #55B255

analogous

#8455B2 #B255B2 #B25584

triadic

#B255B2 #B2B255 #55B2B2

tetradic

#B255B2 #B28455 #55B255 #5584B2

square

#B255B2 #B28455 #55B255 #5584B2

split-complementary

#B255B2 #84B255 #55B284

monochromatic

#612C61 #8B3F8B #B255B2 #C57FC5 #D8A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B255B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B255B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255B2

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255B2	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C71B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.167 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89c9',
    500: '#b255b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255b2;
$custom-light: #cb89c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5978,
    "c": 0.16741,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255B2

secondary

#9DC69D

accent

#CE5A5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255B2

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

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