#B255E8#B255E8

#B255E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.220 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E8
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 61.46, -59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 85.26, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1435 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.22 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1713, 21.7890, 78.6285)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E8 #8BE855

analogous

#6855E8 #B255E8 #E855D5

triadic

#B255E8 #E8B255 #55E8B2

tetradic

#B255E8 #E86855 #8BE855 #55D5E8

square

#B255E8 #E86855 #8BE855 #55D5E8

split-complementary

#B255E8 #D5E855 #55E868

monochromatic

#7517AB #9A1FE1 #B255E8 #CA8BEF #E3C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B255E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B255E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E8	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4482E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.220 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8af0',
    500: '#b255e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e8;
$custom-light: #cd8af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6284,
    "c": 0.21987,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E8

secondary

#C5E7B1

accent

#D80D58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E8

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

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