#B255E1#B255E1

#B255E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.213 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E1
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 59.99, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 81.94, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1437 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.213 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1968, 21.3991, 73.4959)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E1 #84E155

analogous

#6C55E1 #B255E1 #E155CA

triadic

#B255E1 #E1B255 #55E1B2

tetradic

#B255E1 #E16C55 #84E155 #55CAE1

square

#B255E1 #E16C55 #84E155 #55CAE1

split-complementary

#B255E1 #CAE155 #55E16C

monochromatic

#731C9F #9925D3 #B255E1 #CA89EA #E1BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B255E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B255E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E1

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E1	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.213 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8aeb',
    500: '#b255e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e1;
$custom-light: #cd8aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62403,
    "c": 0.21286,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E1

secondary

#C0E3AE

accent

#D21453

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E1

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

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