#B255F8#B255F8

#B255F8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.236 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255F8
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 248)
HSL	hsl(274, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 64.92, -66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 92.87, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.1424 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.236 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5483, 22.7398, 91.1472)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255F8 #9BF855

analogous

#6055F8 #B255F8 #F855EC

triadic

#B255F8 #F8B255 #55F8B2

tetradic

#B255F8 #F86055 #9BF855 #55ECF8

square

#B255F8 #F86055 #9BF855 #55ECF8

split-complementary

#B255F8 #ECF855 #55F860

monochromatic

#7708CA #971AF6 #B255F8 #CD90FA #E7CBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B255F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B255F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255F8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255F8	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E84F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A778A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.236 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bfb',
    500: '#b255f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255f8;
$custom-light: #ce8bfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.233,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63879,
    "c": 0.23593,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255F8

secondary

#D1F0B9

accent

#E60063

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255F8

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

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