#B255D3#B255D3

#B255D3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.199 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255D3
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 57.10, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 75.34, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1438 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.199 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3647, 20.6663, 63.8469)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255D3 #76D355

analogous

#7355D3 #B255D3 #D355B5

triadic

#B255D3 #D3B255 #55D3B2

tetradic

#B255D3 #D37355 #76D355 #55B5D3

square

#B255D3 #D37355 #76D355 #55B5D3

split-complementary

#B255D3 #B5D355 #55D373

monochromatic

#6F248A #9630BB #B255D3 #C886E0 #DEB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B255D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B255D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255D3

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255D3	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3078D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5680D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.199 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae1',
    500: '#b255d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255d3;
$custom-light: #cc8ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61563,
    "c": 0.19895,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255D3

secondary

#B6DBA9

accent

#E2466F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255D3

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

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