#B255D5#B255D5

#B255D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.201 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255D5
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 57.50, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 76.28, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1438 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.201 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6170, 20.7672, 65.1755)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255D5 #78D555

analogous

#7255D5 #B255D5 #D555B8

triadic

#B255D5 #D5B255 #55D5B2

tetradic

#B255D5 #D57255 #78D555 #55B8D5

square

#B255D5 #D57255 #78D555 #55B8D5

split-complementary

#B255D5 #B8D555 #55D572

monochromatic

#70238D #972FBE #B255D5 #C886E1 #DEB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B255D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B255D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255D5

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255D5	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5580D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.201 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae2',
    500: '#b255d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255d5;
$custom-light: #cc8ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.594,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6168,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255D5

secondary

#B7DCA9

accent

#E44470

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255D5

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

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