#B3259C#B3259C

#B3259C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.213 H 335.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3259C
RGB	rgb(179, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(310, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(310, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 12.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 66.15, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 73.40, 334.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1941 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.213 335.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2531, 13.3095, 32.6851)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3259C #25B33C

analogous

#8325B3 #B3259C #B32555

triadic

#B3259C #9CB325 #259CB3

tetradic

#B3259C #B38325 #25B33C #2555B3

square

#B3259C #B38325 #25B33C #2555B3

split-complementary

#B3259C #55B325 #25B383

monochromatic

#4E1044 #801B70 #B3259C #D73EBE #E271CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B3259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B3259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3259C

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3259C	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27599F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.213 335.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce71b9',
    500: '#b3259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3259c;
$custom-light: #ce71b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.718,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53888,
    "c": 0.21267,
    "h": 335.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3259C

secondary

#6BC87A

accent

#E95B3F

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140911

muted

#837B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3259C

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

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