#B255CD#B255CD

#B255CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.193 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255CD
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 55.89, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 72.55, 320.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1436 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.193 318)
XYZ	xyz(32.6265, 20.3710, 59.9592)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255CD #70CD55

analogous

#7655CD #B255CD #CD55AC

triadic

#B255CD #CDB255 #55CDB2

tetradic

#B255CD #CD7655 #70CD55 #55ACCD

square

#B255CD #CD7655 #70CD55 #55ACCD

split-complementary

#B255CD #ACCD55 #55CD76

monochromatic

#6D2682 #9534B1 #B255CD #C784DB #DDB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B255CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B255CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255CD

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255CD	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3777D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.193 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8add',
    500: '#b255cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255cd;
$custom-light: #cc8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61218,
    "c": 0.19304,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.2037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255CD

secondary

#B1D7A6

accent

#DE4A6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255CD

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

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