#B259F5#B259F5

#B259F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.228 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B259F5
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 245)
HSL	hsl(274, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 62.42, -63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 89.38, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1383 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.228 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4105, 23.2028, 88.8236)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B259F5 #9CF559

analogous

#6459F5 #B259F5 #F559EA

triadic

#B259F5 #F5B259 #59F5B2

tetradic

#B259F5 #F56459 #9CF559 #59EAF5

square

#B259F5 #F56459 #9CF559 #59EAF5

split-complementary

#B259F5 #EAF559 #59F564

monochromatic

#770CC8 #971FF2 #B259F5 #CD93F8 #E8CCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B259F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B259F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B259F5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B259F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B259F5	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3985F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7799F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b259f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.228 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8df9',
    500: '#b259f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b259f5;
$custom-light: #cd8df9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b259f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.231,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.22776,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B259F5

secondary

#D1EFBB

accent

#E50063

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B259F5

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

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