#B259DB#B259DB

#B259DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.201 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259DB
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 56.83, -51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 76.94, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.139 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.201 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7165, 21.7252, 69.3687)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259DB #82DB59

analogous

#7159DB #B259DB #DB59C3

triadic

#B259DB #DBB259 #59DBB2

tetradic

#B259DB #DB7159 #82DB59 #59C3DB

square

#B259DB #DB7159 #82DB59 #59C3DB

split-complementary

#B259DB #C3DB59 #59DB71

monochromatic

#732199 #992CCB #B259DB #C98BE6 #E1BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B259DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B259DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259DB

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259DB	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.201 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce7',
    500: '#b259db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259db;
$custom-light: #cc8ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62546,
    "c": 0.20118,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259DB

secondary

#BFE1AF

accent

#CC1952

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259DB

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

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