#B5259E#B5259E

#B5259E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.215 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5259E
RGB	rgb(181, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(310, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(310, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, 66.87, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 74.25, 334.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1962 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.215 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8896, 13.6179, 33.6062)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5259E #25B53C

analogous

#8425B5 #B5259E #B52556

triadic

#B5259E #9EB525 #259EB5

tetradic

#B5259E #B58425 #25B53C #2556B5

square

#B5259E #B58425 #25B53C #2556B5

split-complementary

#B5259E #56B525 #25B584

monochromatic

#4F1045 #821B72 #B5259E #D83FBF #E272D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B5259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B5259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5259E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5259E	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.215 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf71bb',
    500: '#b5259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5259e;
$custom-light: #cf71bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.583,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54312,
    "c": 0.21506,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5259E

secondary

#6DC97B

accent

#E95A3F

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5259E

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

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