#B255BB#B255BB

#B255BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.176 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255BB
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 52.40, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 64.36, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.1422 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.176 324)
XYZ	xyz(30.5774, 19.5514, 49.1673)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255BB #5EBB55

analogous

#7F55BB #B255BB #BB5591

triadic

#B255BB #BBB255 #55BBB2

tetradic

#B255BB #BB7F55 #5EBB55 #5591BB

square

#B255BB #BB7F55 #5EBB55 #5591BB

split-complementary

#B255BB #91BB55 #55BB7F

monochromatic

#652B6B #8F3C97 #B255BB #C681CC #DAACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B255BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B255BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255BB

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255BB	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4673BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.176 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89d0',
    500: '#b255bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255bb;
$custom-light: #cb89d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60238,
    "c": 0.17574,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.1955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255BB

secondary

#A4CCA0

accent

#D35560

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255BB

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

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