#B259E9#B259E9

#B259E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.215 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259E9
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 59.80, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 83.63, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1389 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.215 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6376, 22.4937, 79.4867)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259E9 #90E959

analogous

#6A59E9 #B259E9 #E959D8

triadic

#B259E9 #E9B259 #59E9B2

tetradic

#B259E9 #E96A59 #90E959 #59D8E9

square

#B259E9 #E96A59 #90E959 #59D8E9

split-complementary

#B259E9 #D8E959 #59E96A

monochromatic

#7617B0 #9923E2 #B259E9 #CB8FF0 #E4C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B259E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B259E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259E9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259E9	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.215 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df1',
    500: '#b259e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259e9;
$custom-light: #cd8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63397,
    "c": 0.21547,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259E9

secondary

#C9E9B5

accent

#D90D5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259E9

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

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