#B259F0#B259F0

#B259F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.223 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259F0
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 240)
HSL	hsl(275, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 61.32, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 86.98, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.1386 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.223 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6575, 22.9016, 84.8578)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259F0 #97F059

analogous

#6759F0 #B259F0 #F059E3

triadic

#B259F0 #F0B259 #59F0B2

tetradic

#B259F0 #F06759 #97F059 #59E3F0

square

#B259F0 #F06759 #97F059 #59E3F0

split-complementary

#B259F0 #E3F059 #59F067

monochromatic

#7711BD #9821EB #B259F0 #CC91F5 #E6C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B259F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B259F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259F0

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259F0	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4085ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9789D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.223 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df6',
    500: '#b259f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259f0;
$custom-light: #cd8df6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.364,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.22264,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259F0

secondary

#CEECB8

accent

#E0065F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259F0

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

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