#B255CA#B255CA

#B255CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.190 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255CA
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 55.30, -44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 71.16, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.1434 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.19 319)
XYZ	xyz(32.2679, 20.2276, 58.0703)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255CA #6DCA55

analogous

#7855CA #B255CA #CA55A8

triadic

#B255CA #CAB255 #55CAB2

tetradic

#B255CA #CA7855 #6DCA55 #55A8CA

square

#B255CA #CA7855 #6DCA55 #55A8CA

split-complementary

#B255CA #A8CA55 #55CA78

monochromatic

#6C277D #9436AC #B255CA #C784D9 #DCB2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B255CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B255CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255CA

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255CA	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A76CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.190 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ada',
    500: '#b255ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ca;
$custom-light: #cc8ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61049,
    "c": 0.19012,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.20226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255CA

secondary

#AFD5A5

accent

#DC4C69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255CA

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

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