#B157BD#B157BD

#B157BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.174 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157BD
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 54%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 51.53, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 64.03, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1386 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.174 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7240, 19.8391, 50.3452)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157BD #63BD57

analogous

#7E57BD #B157BD #BD5796

triadic

#B157BD #BDB157 #57BDB1

tetradic

#B157BD #BD7E57 #63BD57 #5796BD

square

#B157BD #BD7E57 #63BD57 #5796BD

split-complementary

#B157BD #96BD57 #57BD7E

monochromatic

#662B6E #8F3D9A #B157BD #C583CE #DAAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B157BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B157BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157BD

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157BD	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4774C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.174 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad1',
    500: '#b157bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157bd;
$custom-light: #cb8ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60483,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157BD

secondary

#A7CEA2

accent

#D35463

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157BD

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

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