#B255CE#B255CE

#B255CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.194 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255CE
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 56.09, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 73.01, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1436 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.194 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7476, 20.4195, 60.5969)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255CE #71CE55

analogous

#7655CE #B255CE #CE55AD

triadic

#B255CE #CEB255 #55CEB2

tetradic

#B255CE #CE7655 #71CE55 #55ADCE

square

#B255CE #CE7655 #71CE55 #55ADCE

split-complementary

#B255CE #ADCE55 #55CE76

monochromatic

#6D2683 #9533B2 #B255CE #C885DC #DDB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B255CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B255CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255CE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255CE	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3677D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.194 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8add',
    500: '#b255ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ce;
$custom-light: #cc8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.116,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61275,
    "c": 0.19403,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255CE

secondary

#B2D8A7

accent

#DF496C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255CE

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

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