#B255ED#B255ED

#B255ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.225 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255ED
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 62.53, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 87.64, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1432 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.225 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8917, 22.0771, 82.4222)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255ED #90ED55

analogous

#6655ED #B255ED #ED55DC

triadic

#B255ED #EDB255 #55EDB2

tetradic

#B255ED #ED6655 #90ED55 #55DCED

square

#B255ED #ED6655 #90ED55 #55DCED

split-complementary

#B255ED #DCED55 #55ED66

monochromatic

#7613B4 #991EE7 #B255ED #CB8CF3 #E4C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B255ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B255ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255ED

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255ED	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.225 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8af4',
    500: '#b255ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255ed;
$custom-light: #cd8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.711,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63159,
    "c": 0.22488,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255ED

secondary

#C9EAB4

accent

#DD085B

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255ED

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

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