#B255BA#B255BA

#B255BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.175 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255BA
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 52.22, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 63.91, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1421 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.175 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4707, 19.5087, 48.6054)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255BA #5DBA55

analogous

#8055BA #B255BA #BA558F

triadic

#B255BA #BAB255 #55BAB2

tetradic

#B255BA #BA8055 #5DBA55 #558FBA

square

#B255BA #BA8055 #5DBA55 #558FBA

split-complementary

#B255BA #8FBA55 #55BA80

monochromatic

#652B6A #8E3D95 #B255BA #C681CC #D9ACDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B255BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B255BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255BA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255BA	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4773BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.175 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89cf',
    500: '#b255ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ba;
$custom-light: #cb89cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.248,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60186,
    "c": 0.1748,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255BA

secondary

#A3CBA0

accent

#D25660

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255BA

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

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