#B259BD#B259BD

#B259BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.171 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259BD
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 50.82, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 62.98, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.137 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.171 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1169, 20.2854, 50.4107)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259BD #64BD59

analogous

#8059BD #B259BD #BD5996

triadic

#B259BD #BDB259 #59BDB2

tetradic

#B259BD #BD8059 #64BD59 #5996BD

square

#B259BD #BD8059 #64BD59 #5996BD

split-complementary

#B259BD #96BD59 #59BD80

monochromatic

#682C6F #913E9B #B259BD #C685CE #DBB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B259BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B259BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259BD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259BD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A76C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.171 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cd1',
    500: '#b259bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259bd;
$custom-light: #cb8cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60881,
    "c": 0.17133,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259BD

secondary

#A8CEA4

accent

#D35563

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259BD

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

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