#B255E4#B255E4

#B255E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.216 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E4
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 60.62, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 83.36, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.1437 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.216 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6096, 21.5643, 75.6702)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E4 #87E455

analogous

#6B55E4 #B255E4 #E455CF

triadic

#B255E4 #E4B255 #55E4B2

tetradic

#B255E4 #E46B55 #87E455 #55CFE4

square

#B255E4 #E46B55 #87E455 #55CFE4

split-complementary

#B255E4 #CFE455 #55E46B

monochromatic

#741AA4 #9923D9 #B255E4 #CA8AEC #E2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B255E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B255E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E4

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E4	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.216 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8aed',
    500: '#b255e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e4;
$custom-light: #cd8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.021,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62589,
    "c": 0.21587,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E4

secondary

#C2E5B0

accent

#D51155

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E4

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

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