#B157BC#B157BC

#B157BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.173 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157BC
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 53.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 51.34, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 63.58, 323.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1384 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.173 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6159, 19.7958, 49.7755)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157BC #62BC57

analogous

#7F57BC #B157BC #BC5795

triadic

#B157BC #BCB157 #57BCB1

tetradic

#B157BC #BC7F57 #62BC57 #5795BC

square

#B157BC #BC7F57 #62BC57 #5795BC

split-complementary

#B157BC #95BC57 #57BC7F

monochromatic

#662C6D #8F3D99 #B157BC #C583CD #DAAFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B157BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B157BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157BC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157BC	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.173 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad0',
    500: '#b157bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157bc;
$custom-light: #cb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.465,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60431,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157BC

secondary

#A7CDA2

accent

#D35563

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157BC

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

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