#B259EF#B259EF

#B259EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.222 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259EF
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(276, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 61.11, -61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 86.50, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1386 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.222 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5093, 22.8423, 84.0776)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259EF #96EF59

analogous

#6759EF #B259EF #EF59E1

triadic

#B259EF #EFB259 #59EFB2

tetradic

#B259EF #EF6759 #96EF59 #59E1EF

square

#B259EF #EF6759 #96EF59 #59E1EF

split-complementary

#B259EF #E1EF59 #59EF67

monochromatic

#7712BC #9821EA #B259EF #CC91F4 #E6C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B259EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B259EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259EF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259EF	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4185EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.222 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df5',
    500: '#b259ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259ef;
$custom-light: #cd8df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.22162,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259EF

secondary

#CDECB8

accent

#DF075F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259EF

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

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