#B255D2#B255D2

#B255D2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.198 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255D2
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 210)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 59.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 56.90, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 74.87, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1437 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.198 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2397, 20.6163, 63.1887)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255D2 #75D255

analogous

#7355D2 #B255D2 #D255B4

triadic

#B255D2 #D2B255 #55D2B2

tetradic

#B255D2 #D27355 #75D255 #55B4D2

square

#B255D2 #D27355 #75D255 #55B4D2

split-complementary

#B255D2 #B4D255 #55D273

monochromatic

#6F2488 #9631B9 #B255D2 #C885DF #DEB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B255D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B255D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255D2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255D2	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3278D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5780CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.198 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae0',
    500: '#b255d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255d2;
$custom-light: #cc8ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.64,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.19796,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255D2

secondary

#B5DAA8

accent

#E1466E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255D2

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

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