#B259E7#B259E7

#B259E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.213 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259E7
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 59.38, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 82.67, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1389 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.213 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3536, 22.3800, 77.9905)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259E7 #8EE759

analogous

#6B59E7 #B259E7 #E759D5

triadic

#B259E7 #E7B259 #59E7B2

tetradic

#B259E7 #E76B59 #8EE759 #59D5E7

square

#B259E7 #E76B59 #8EE759 #59D5E7

split-complementary

#B259E7 #D5E759 #59E76B

monochromatic

#7619AD #9924DF #B259E7 #CB8EEF #E4C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B259E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B259E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259E7

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259E7	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.213 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8def',
    500: '#b259e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259e7;
$custom-light: #cd8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.606,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.21342,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259E7

secondary

#C7E8B4

accent

#D70F59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259E7

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

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