#B259E1#B259E1

#B259E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.207 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259E1
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 58.10, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 79.80, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.139 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.207 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5206, 22.0469, 73.6039)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259E1 #88E159

analogous

#6E59E1 #B259E1 #E159CC

triadic

#B259E1 #E1B259 #59E1B2

tetradic

#B259E1 #E16E59 #88E159 #59CCE1

square

#B259E1 #E16E59 #88E159 #59CCE1

split-complementary

#B259E1 #CCE159 #59E16E

monochromatic

#741DA2 #9927D6 #B259E1 #CA8DEA #E2C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B259E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B259E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259E1

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259E1	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.207 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ceb',
    500: '#b259e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259e1;
$custom-light: #cc8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.20728,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259E1

secondary

#C3E4B2

accent

#D11456

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259E1

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

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