#B157BB#B157BB

#B157BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.172 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157BB
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(294, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 51.15, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 63.13, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.1383 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.172 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5084, 19.7529, 49.2098)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157BB #61BB57

analogous

#7F57BB #B157BB #BB5793

triadic

#B157BB #BBB157 #57BBB1

tetradic

#B157BB #BB7F57 #61BB57 #5793BB

square

#B157BB #BB7F57 #61BB57 #5793BB

split-complementary

#B157BB #93BB57 #57BB7F

monochromatic

#652C6C #8E3D97 #B157BB #C583CD #D9AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B157BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B157BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157BB

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157BB	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.172 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad0',
    500: '#b157bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157bb;
$custom-light: #cb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60379,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157BB

secondary

#A6CCA2

accent

#D25662

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157BB

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

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