#B255D7#B255D7

#B255D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.203 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255D7
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 57.91, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 77.22, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1438 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.203 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8724, 20.8694, 66.5207)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255D7 #7AD755

analogous

#7155D7 #B255D7 #D755BB

triadic

#B255D7 #D7B255 #55D7B2

tetradic

#B255D7 #D77155 #7AD755 #55BBD7

square

#B255D7 #D77155 #7AD755 #55BBD7

split-complementary

#B255D7 #BBD755 #55D771

monochromatic

#702290 #972DC1 #B255D7 #C887E3 #DFB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B255D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B255D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255D7

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255D7	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B79DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5381D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.203 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae4',
    500: '#b255d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255d7;
$custom-light: #cc8ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61798,
    "c": 0.2029,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255D7

secondary

#B9DEAA

accent

#E54371

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255D7

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

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