#B259D9#B259D9

#B259D9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.199 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259D9
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 59%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 56.42, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 75.99, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1389 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.199 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4548, 21.6205, 67.9904)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259D9 #80D959

analogous

#7259D9 #B259D9 #D959C0

triadic

#B259D9 #D9B259 #59D9B2

tetradic

#B259D9 #D97259 #80D959 #59C0D9

square

#B259D9 #D97259 #80D959 #59C0D9

split-complementary

#B259D9 #C0D959 #59D972

monochromatic

#722295 #982EC7 #B259D9 #C98BE4 #E0BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B259D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B259D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259D9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259D9	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5582D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.199 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce5',
    500: '#b259d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259d9;
$custom-light: #cc8ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.719,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62428,
    "c": 0.19915,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259D9

secondary

#BDE0AE

accent

#E64274

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259D9

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

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