#B255BE#B255BE

#B255BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.179 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255BE
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 52.97, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 65.70, 323.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1425 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.179 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9019, 19.6812, 50.8763)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255BE #61BE55

analogous

#7E55BE #B255BE #BE5596

triadic

#B255BE #BEB255 #55BEB2

tetradic

#B255BE #BE7E55 #61BE55 #5596BE

square

#B255BE #BE7E55 #61BE55 #5596BE

split-complementary

#B255BE #96BE55 #55BE7E

monochromatic

#672A6E #903B9B #B255BE #C681CF #DAAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B255BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B255BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255BE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255BE	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4474C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.179 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89d2',
    500: '#b255be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255be;
$custom-light: #cb89d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60395,
    "c": 0.17856,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255BE

secondary

#A6CEA1

accent

#D45362

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255BE

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

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