#B259CA#B259CA

#B259CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.184 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259CA
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 53.36, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 68.94, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1383 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.184 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5917, 20.8753, 58.1782)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259CA #71CA59

analogous

#7A59CA #B259CA #CA59A9

triadic

#B259CA #CAB259 #59CAB2

tetradic

#B259CA #CA7A59 #71CA59 #59A9CA

square

#B259CA #CA7A59 #71CA59 #59A9CA

split-complementary

#B259CA #A9CA59 #59CA7A

monochromatic

#6D2980 #9538AE #B259CA #C887D9 #DDB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B259CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B259CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259CA

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259CA	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4078CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.184 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cda',
    500: '#b259ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259ca;
$custom-light: #cc8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.257,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61575,
    "c": 0.18407,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259CA

secondary

#B2D6A8

accent

#DB4D6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259CA

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

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