#B255DD#B255DD

#B255DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.209 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255DD
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 59.15, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 80.04, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1438 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.209 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6575, 21.1834, 70.6557)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255DD #80DD55

analogous

#6E55DD #B255DD #DD55C4

triadic

#B255DD #DDB255 #55DDB2

tetradic

#B255DD #DD6E55 #80DD55 #55C4DD

square

#B255DD #DD6E55 #80DD55 #55C4DD

split-complementary

#B255DD #C4DD55 #55DD6E

monochromatic

#721F99 #9829CC #B255DD #C988E7 #E0BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B255DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B255DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255DD

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255DD	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.209 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae8',
    500: '#b255dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255dd;
$custom-light: #cc8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62158,
    "c": 0.20887,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255DD

secondary

#BDE1AD

accent

#EA3E74

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255DD

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

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