#B259F2#B259F2

#B259F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.225 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259F2
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 242)
HSL	hsl(275, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 61.76, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 87.94, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1385 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.225 308)
XYZ	xyz(37.9562, 23.0211, 86.4312)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259F2 #99F259

analogous

#6659F2 #B259F2 #F259E6

triadic

#B259F2 #F2B259 #59F2B2

tetradic

#B259F2 #F26659 #99F259 #59E6F2

square

#B259F2 #F26659 #99F259 #59E6F2

split-complementary

#B259F2 #E6F259 #59F266

monochromatic

#770FC1 #9820EE #B259F2 #CC92F6 #E7CBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B259F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B259F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259F2

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259F2	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D85EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.225 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df7',
    500: '#b259f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259f2;
$custom-light: #cd8df7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.902,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63968,
    "c": 0.22468,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.23021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259F2

secondary

#CFEDB9

accent

#E20461

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259F2

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

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