#B255B4#B255B4

#B255B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.169 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255B4
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 52.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 51.11, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 61.29, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1413 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.169 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8463, 19.2589, 45.3164)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255B4 #57B455

analogous

#8355B4 #B255B4 #B45587

triadic

#B255B4 #B4B255 #55B4B2

tetradic

#B255B4 #B48355 #57B455 #5587B4

square

#B255B4 #B48355 #57B455 #5587B4

split-complementary

#B255B4 #87B455 #55B483

monochromatic

#622C63 #8C3E8D #B255B4 #C57FC7 #D8AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#B255B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#B255B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255B4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255B4	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B72B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.169 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89cb',
    500: '#b255b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255b4;
$custom-light: #cb89cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.737,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5988,
    "c": 0.16924,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255B4

secondary

#9EC79E

accent

#CF595C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255B4

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

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