#B259BE#B259BE

#B259BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.172 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259BE
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 51.01, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 63.44, 323.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1371 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.172 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2258, 20.3289, 50.9843)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259BE #65BE59

analogous

#7F59BE #B259BE #BE5998

triadic

#B259BE #BEB259 #59BEB2

tetradic

#B259BE #BE7F59 #65BE59 #5998BE

square

#B259BE #BE7F59 #65BE59 #5998BE

split-complementary

#B259BE #98BE59 #59BE7F

monochromatic

#682C71 #913D9D #B259BE #C685CF #DBB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B259BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B259BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259BE

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259BE	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4976C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.172 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8cd2',
    500: '#b259be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259be;
$custom-light: #cb8cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.871,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60933,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259BE

secondary

#A9CFA4

accent

#D35463

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259BE

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

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