#B255B3#B255B3

#B255B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.168 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255B3
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 179)
HSL	hsl(299, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 52.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 50.92, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 60.85, 326.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1412 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.168 327)
XYZ	xyz(29.7448, 19.2183, 44.7819)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255B3 #56B355

analogous

#8355B3 #B255B3 #B35585

triadic

#B255B3 #B3B255 #55B3B2

tetradic

#B255B3 #B38355 #56B355 #5585B3

square

#B255B3 #B38355 #56B355 #5585B3

split-complementary

#B255B3 #85B355 #55B383

monochromatic

#612C62 #8B3F8C #B255B3 #C57FC6 #D8AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B255B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B255B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255B3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255B3	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)

#4B72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.168 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89ca',
    500: '#b255b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255b3;
$custom-light: #cb89ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.362,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5983,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.19217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255B3

secondary

#9EC79D

accent

#CE5A5B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255B3

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

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