#B259DD#B259DD

#B259DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.203 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259DD
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 57.25, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 77.89, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.139 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.203 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9814, 21.8312, 70.7637)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259DD #84DD59

analogous

#7059DD #B259DD #DD59C6

triadic

#B259DD #DDB259 #59DDB2

tetradic

#B259DD #DD7059 #84DD59 #59C6DD

square

#B259DD #DD7059 #84DD59 #59C6DD

split-complementary

#B259DD #C6DD59 #59DD70

monochromatic

#73209C #992ACF #B259DD #CA8CE7 #E1BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B259DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B259DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259DD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259DD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.203 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce8',
    500: '#b259dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259dd;
$custom-light: #cc8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62665,
    "c": 0.20321,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259DD

secondary

#C0E2B0

accent

#CE1853

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259DD

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

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