#B255E7#B255E7

#B255E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.219 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E7
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 61.25, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 84.78, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1435 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.219 311)
XYZ	xyz(36.0297, 21.7323, 77.8826)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E7 #8AE755

analogous

#6955E7 #B255E7 #E755D3

triadic

#B255E7 #E7B255 #55E7B2

tetradic

#B255E7 #E76955 #8AE755 #55D3E7

square

#B255E7 #E76955 #8AE755 #55D3E7

split-complementary

#B255E7 #D3E755 #55E769

monochromatic

#7518AA #9A20DF #B255E7 #CA8BEF #E3C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B255E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B255E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E7

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E7	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.219 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8aef',
    500: '#b255e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e7;
$custom-light: #cd8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.219,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62777,
    "c": 0.21886,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.21731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E7

secondary

#C5E7B1

accent

#D70E57

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E7

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

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