#B157BE#B157BE

#B157BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.175 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157BE
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(292, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 51.73, -38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 64.49, 323.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1387 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.175 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8330, 19.8827, 50.9189)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157BE #64BE57

analogous

#7E57BE #B157BE #BE5798

triadic

#B157BE #BEB157 #57BEB1

tetradic

#B157BE #BE7E57 #64BE57 #5798BE

square

#B157BE #BE7E57 #64BE57 #5798BE

split-complementary

#B157BE #98BE57 #57BE7E

monochromatic

#672B6F #903C9C #B157BE #C583CF #DAAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B157BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B157BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157BE

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157BE	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4675C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.175 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad2',
    500: '#b157be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157be;
$custom-light: #cb8ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.427,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60536,
    "c": 0.17491,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157BE

secondary

#A8CEA3

accent

#D45464

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157BE

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

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