#B255BF#B255BF

#B255BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.180 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255BF
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 55.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 53.16, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 66.15, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1426 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.18 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0116, 19.7251, 51.4539)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255BF #62BF55

analogous

#7D55BF #B255BF #BF5597

triadic

#B255BF #BFB255 #55BFB2

tetradic

#B255BF #BF7D55 #62BF55 #5597BF

square

#B255BF #BF7D55 #62BF55 #5597BF

split-complementary

#B255BF #97BF55 #55BF7D

monochromatic

#672A70 #903B9C #B255BF #C681D0 #DAAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B255BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B255BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255BF

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255BF	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)

#4374C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.180 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb89d3',
    500: '#b255bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255bf;
$custom-light: #cb89d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.642,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60448,
    "c": 0.17952,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255BF

secondary

#A7CEA1

accent

#D55363

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255BF

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

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