#B259EE#B259EE

#B259EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.221 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259EE
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 60.89, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 86.02, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1387 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.221 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3620, 22.7834, 83.3018)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259EE #95EE59

analogous

#6859EE #B259EE #EE59E0

triadic

#B259EE #EEB259 #59EEB2

tetradic

#B259EE #EE6859 #95EE59 #59E0EE

square

#B259EE #EE6859 #95EE59 #59E0EE

split-complementary

#B259EE #E0EE59 #59EE68

monochromatic

#7713BA #9821E8 #B259EE #CC91F4 #E6C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B259EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B259EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259EE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259EE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.221 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df4',
    500: '#b259ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259ee;
$custom-light: #cd8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.839,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63712,
    "c": 0.22058,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259EE

secondary

#CCEBB7

accent

#DE085E

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259EE

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

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