#B259DE#B259DE

#B259DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.204 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259DE
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 57.46, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 78.37, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.139 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.204 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1150, 21.8846, 71.4674)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259DE #85DE59

analogous

#6F59DE #B259DE #DE59C8

triadic

#B259DE #DEB259 #59DEB2

tetradic

#B259DE #DE6F59 #85DE59 #59C8DE

square

#B259DE #DE6F59 #85DE59 #59C8DE

split-complementary

#B259DE #C8DE59 #59DE6F

monochromatic

#741F9D #9929D0 #B259DE #CA8CE8 #E1BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B259DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B259DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259DE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259DE	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.204 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ce9',
    500: '#b259de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259de;
$custom-light: #cc8ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.15,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62725,
    "c": 0.20424,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259DE

secondary

#C1E2B0

accent

#CF1754

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259DE

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

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