#B259E8#B259E8

#B259E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.214 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259E8
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 59.59, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 83.15, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.1389 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.214 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4952, 22.4367, 78.7365)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259E8 #8FE859

analogous

#6B59E8 #B259E8 #E859D6

triadic

#B259E8 #E8B259 #59E8B2

tetradic

#B259E8 #E86B59 #8FE859 #59D6E8

square

#B259E8 #E86B59 #8FE859 #59D6E8

split-complementary

#B259E8 #D6E859 #59E86B

monochromatic

#7618AE #9923E1 #B259E8 #CB8FEF #E4C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B259E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B259E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259E8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259E8	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.214 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df0',
    500: '#b259e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259e8;
$custom-light: #cd8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.343,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.21445,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259E8

secondary

#C8E8B5

accent

#D80E5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259E8

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

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