#B255E6#B255E6

#B255E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.218 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E6
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 61.04, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 84.31, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1436 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.218 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8889, 21.6760, 77.1409)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E6 #89E655

analogous

#6A55E6 #B255E6 #E655D1

triadic

#B255E6 #E6B255 #55E6B2

tetradic

#B255E6 #E66A55 #89E655 #55D1E6

square

#B255E6 #E66A55 #89E655 #55D1E6

split-complementary

#B255E6 #D1E655 #55E66A

monochromatic

#7519A8 #9A21DD #B255E6 #CA8AEE #E2C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B255E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B255E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E6

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E6	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4682E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.218 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8aef',
    500: '#b255e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e6;
$custom-light: #cd8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.483,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E6

secondary

#C4E6B1

accent

#D60F57

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E6

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

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