#B157C8#B157C8

#B157C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.185 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157C8
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 53.68, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 69.07, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1395 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.185 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9636, 20.3349, 56.8737)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157C8 #6EC857

analogous

#7957C8 #B157C8 #C857A7

triadic

#B157C8 #C8B157 #57C8B1

tetradic

#B157C8 #C87957 #6EC857 #57A7C8

square

#B157C8 #C87957 #6EC857 #57A7C8

split-complementary

#B157C8 #A7C857 #57C879

monochromatic

#6B297C #9338AA #B157C8 #C685D7 #DCB3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B157C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B157C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157C8

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157C8	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.185 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bd9',
    500: '#b157c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157c8;
$custom-light: #cb8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.788,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61075,
    "c": 0.18467,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157C8

secondary

#B0D5A6

accent

#DA4E6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157C8

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

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