#B259CB#B259CB

#B259CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.185 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259CB
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 53.56, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 69.40, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1383 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.185 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7105, 20.9228, 58.8038)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259CB #72CB59

analogous

#7959CB #B259CB #CB59AB

triadic

#B259CB #CBB259 #59CBB2

tetradic

#B259CB #CB7959 #72CB59 #59ABCB

square

#B259CB #CB7959 #72CB59 #59ABCB

split-complementary

#B259CB #ABCB59 #59CB79

monochromatic

#6E2881 #9537B0 #B259CB #C888DA #DDB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B259CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B259CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259CB

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259CB	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4078CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.185 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cdb',
    500: '#b259cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259cb;
$custom-light: #cc8cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.842,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6163,
    "c": 0.18507,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259CB

secondary

#B3D7A9

accent

#DC4C6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259CB

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

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