#B255DC#B255DC

#B255DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.208 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255DC
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 58.94, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 79.57, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1438 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.208 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5247, 21.1303, 69.9562)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255DC #7FDC55

analogous

#6E55DC #B255DC #DC55C3

triadic

#B255DC #DCB255 #55DCB2

tetradic

#B255DC #DC6E55 #7FDC55 #55C3DC

square

#B255DC #DC6E55 #7FDC55 #55C3DC

split-complementary

#B255DC #C3DC55 #55DC6E

monochromatic

#721F97 #982ACA #B255DC #C988E6 #E0BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B255DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B255DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255DC

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255DC	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.208 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae7',
    500: '#b255dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255dc;
$custom-light: #cc8ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62098,
    "c": 0.20787,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255DC

secondary

#BDE0AC

accent

#E93F74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255DC

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

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