#B157B2#B157B2

#B157B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.164 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157B2
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 178)
HSL	hsl(299, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(299, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 49.47, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 59.17, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1371 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.164 327)
XYZ	xyz(29.5750, 19.3795, 44.2937)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157B2 #58B257

analogous

#8457B2 #B157B2 #B25786

triadic

#B157B2 #B2B157 #57B2B1

tetradic

#B157B2 #B28457 #58B257 #5786B2

square

#B157B2 #B28457 #58B257 #5786B2

split-complementary

#B157B2 #86B257 #57B284

monochromatic

#612D62 #8B408C #B157B2 #C481C5 #D8ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B157B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B157B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157B2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157B2	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E72B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.164 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8ac9',
    500: '#b157b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157b2;
$custom-light: #ca8ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.341,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59924,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.19378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157B2

secondary

#9FC69E

accent

#CD5B5C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157B2

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

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