#B255C8#B255C8

#B255C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.188 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255C8
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 54.90, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 70.24, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1433 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.188 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0326, 20.1335, 56.8312)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255C8 #6BC855

analogous

#7855C8 #B255C8 #C855A4

triadic

#B255C8 #C8B255 #55C8B2

tetradic

#B255C8 #C87855 #6BC855 #55A4C8

square

#B255C8 #C87855 #6BC855 #55A4C8

split-complementary

#B255C8 #A4C855 #55C878

monochromatic

#6B287B #9337A9 #B255C8 #C783D7 #DCB1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B255C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B255C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255C8

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255C8	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.188 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89d9',
    500: '#b255c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255c8;
$custom-light: #cc89d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60937,
    "c": 0.18817,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255C8

secondary

#AED4A5

accent

#DB4D68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255C8

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

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