#B255E0#B255E0

#B255E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.212 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E0
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 59.78, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 81.46, 317.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1438 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.212 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0608, 21.3447, 72.7796)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E0 #83E055

analogous

#6C55E0 #B255E0 #E055C8

triadic

#B255E0 #E0B255 #55E0B2

tetradic

#B255E0 #E06C55 #83E055 #55C8E0

square

#B255E0 #E06C55 #83E055 #55C8E0

split-complementary

#B255E0 #C8E055 #55E06C

monochromatic

#731D9E #9926D2 #B255E0 #C989E9 #E1BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B255E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B255E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E0

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E0	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.212 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8aea',
    500: '#b255e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e0;
$custom-light: #cd8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.144,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62341,
    "c": 0.21187,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E0

secondary

#BFE3AE

accent

#D11453

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E0

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

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