#B255CF#B255CF

#B255CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.195 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255CF
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 207)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 58.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 56.29, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 73.48, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1436 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.195 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8695, 20.4682, 61.2387)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255CF #72CF55

analogous

#7555CF #B255CF #CF55AF

triadic

#B255CF #CFB255 #55CFB2

tetradic

#B255CF #CF7555 #72CF55 #55AFCF

square

#B255CF #CF7555 #72CF55 #55AFCF

split-complementary

#B255CF #AFCF55 #55CF75

monochromatic

#6E2584 #9533B4 #B255CF #C885DC #DDB4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B255CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B255CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255CF

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255CF	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3577D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.195 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ade',
    500: '#b255cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255cf;
$custom-light: #cc8ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.738,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61332,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255CF

secondary

#B3D9A7

accent

#DF496C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255CF

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

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