#B259DF#B259DF

#B259DF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.205 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259DF
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 223)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 60.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 57.67, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 78.84, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.139 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.205 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2494, 21.9384, 72.1754)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259DF #86DF59

analogous

#6F59DF #B259DF #DF59C9

triadic

#B259DF #DFB259 #59DFB2

tetradic

#B259DF #DF6F59 #86DF59 #59C9DF

square

#B259DF #DF6F59 #86DF59 #59C9DF

split-complementary

#B259DF #C9DF59 #59DF6F

monochromatic

#741F9F #9929D2 #B259DF #CA8CE9 #E2C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B259DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B259DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259DF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259DF	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.205 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8cea',
    500: '#b259df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259df;
$custom-light: #cc8cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.851,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.20525,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259DF

secondary

#C2E3B1

accent

#D01654

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259DF

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

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