#B255BC#B255BC

#B255BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.177 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255BC
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 52.59, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 64.80, 324.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1423 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.177 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6848, 19.5944, 49.7330)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255BC #5FBC55

analogous

#7E55BC #B255BC #BC5592

triadic

#B255BC #BCB255 #55BCB2

tetradic

#B255BC #BC7E55 #5FBC55 #5592BC

square

#B255BC #BC7E55 #5FBC55 #5592BC

split-complementary

#B255BC #92BC55 #55BC7E

monochromatic

#662B6C #8F3C98 #B255BC #C681CD #DAADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B255BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B255BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255BC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255BC	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4673BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.177 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89d0',
    500: '#b255bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255bc;
$custom-light: #cb89d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.175,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6029,
    "c": 0.17667,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255BC

secondary

#A5CCA0

accent

#D35561

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255BC

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

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