#B259AE#B259AE

#B259AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.157 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259AE
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 48.03, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 56.42, 328.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1348 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.157 329)
XYZ	xyz(29.5721, 19.6674, 42.2748)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259AE #59B25D

analogous

#8A59B2 #B259AE #B25981

triadic

#B259AE #AEB259 #59AEB2

tetradic

#B259AE #B28A59 #59B25D #5981B2

square

#B259AE #B28A59 #59B25D #5981B2

split-complementary

#B259AE #81B259 #59B28A

monochromatic

#632E60 #8D4189 #B259AE #C583C2 #D9ADD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B259AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B259AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259AE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259AE	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5373B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7617B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.157 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bc6',
    500: '#b259ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259ae;
$custom-light: #cb8bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.697,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60137,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.19666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259AE

secondary

#A0C7A2

accent

#CD605B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259AE

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

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