#B259DC#B259DC

#B259DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.202 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259DC
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 57.04, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 77.42, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.139 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.202 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8485, 21.7780, 70.0641)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259DC #83DC59

analogous

#7059DC #B259DC #DC59C5

triadic

#B259DC #DCB259 #59DCB2

tetradic

#B259DC #DC7059 #83DC59 #59C5DC

square

#B259DC #DC7059 #83DC59 #59C5DC

split-complementary

#B259DC #C5DC59 #59DC70

monochromatic

#73209A #992BCD #B259DC #C98CE7 #E1BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B259DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B259DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259DC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259DC	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.202 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce7',
    500: '#b259dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259dc;
$custom-light: #cc8ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.763,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62605,
    "c": 0.2022,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259DC

secondary

#BFE1AF

accent

#CD1852

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259DC

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

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