#B255DE#B255DE

#B255DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.210 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255DE
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 59.36, -54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 80.52, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1438 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.21 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7911, 21.2369, 71.3595)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255DE #81DE55

analogous

#6D55DE #B255DE #DE55C5

triadic

#B255DE #DEB255 #55DEB2

tetradic

#B255DE #DE6D55 #81DE55 #55C5DE

square

#B255DE #DE6D55 #81DE55 #55C5DE

split-complementary

#B255DE #C5DE55 #55DE6D

monochromatic

#731E9B #9928CE #B255DE #C988E8 #E0BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B255DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B255DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255DE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255DE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.210 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae9',
    500: '#b255de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255de;
$custom-light: #cc8ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.73,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62219,
    "c": 0.20987,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255DE

secondary

#BEE2AD

accent

#CF1652

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255DE

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

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