#B259AA#B259AA

#B259AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.154 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259AA
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(305, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 47.32, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 54.75, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1341 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.154 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1879, 19.5138, 40.2516)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259AA #59B261

analogous

#8D59B2 #B259AA #B2597E

triadic

#B259AA #AAB259 #59AAB2

tetradic

#B259AA #B28D59 #59B261 #597EB2

square

#B259AA #B28D59 #59B261 #597EB2

split-complementary

#B259AA #7EB259 #59B28D

monochromatic

#632E5E #8D4186 #B259AA #C583BF #D9ADD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B259AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B259AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259AA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259AA	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5572AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.154 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bc3',
    500: '#b259aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259aa;
$custom-light: #cb8bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.393,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59949,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259AA

secondary

#A0C7A4

accent

#CD655B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259AA

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

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