#B255BD#B255BD

#B255BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.178 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255BD
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 52.78, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 65.25, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1424 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.178 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7930, 19.6376, 50.3027)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255BD #60BD55

analogous

#7E55BD #B255BD #BD5594

triadic

#B255BD #BDB255 #55BDB2

tetradic

#B255BD #BD7E55 #60BD55 #5594BD

square

#B255BD #BD7E55 #60BD55 #5594BD

split-complementary

#B255BD #94BD55 #55BD7E

monochromatic

#662A6D #8F3C99 #B255BD #C681CE #DAADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B255BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B255BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255BD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255BD	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4573C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.178 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89d1',
    500: '#b255bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255bd;
$custom-light: #cb89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60343,
    "c": 0.17762,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255BD

secondary

#A5CDA1

accent

#D45462

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255BD

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

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