#B5259F#B5259F

#B5259F is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.216 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5259F
RGB	rgb(181, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(309, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(309, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 12.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 67.02, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 74.61, 333.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.1962 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.216 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9760, 13.6525, 34.0613)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5259F #25B53B

analogous

#8325B5 #B5259F #B52557

triadic

#B5259F #9FB525 #259FB5

tetradic

#B5259F #B58325 #25B53B #2557B5

square

#B5259F #B58325 #25B53B #2557B5

split-complementary

#B5259F #57B525 #25B583

monochromatic

#4F1046 #821B72 #B5259F #D83FC1 #E272D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B5259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B5259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5259F

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5259F	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.216 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf71bc',
    500: '#b5259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5259f;
$custom-light: #cf71bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.167,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54364,
    "c": 0.21573,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5259F

secondary

#6DC97B

accent

#E9593F

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5259F

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

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