#B157CB#B157CB

#B157CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.188 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157CB
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 54.28, -44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 70.46, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1397 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.188 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3177, 20.4766, 58.7383)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157CB #71CB57

analogous

#7757CB #B157CB #CB57AB

triadic

#B157CB #CBB157 #57CBB1

tetradic

#B157CB #CB7757 #71CB57 #57ABCB

square

#B157CB #CB7757 #71CB57 #57ABCB

split-complementary

#B157CB #ABCB57 #57CB77

monochromatic

#6C2880 #9436AF #B157CB #C786D9 #DCB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B157CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B157CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157CB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157CB	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.188 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bdb',
    500: '#b157cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157cb;
$custom-light: #cb8bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.552,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61242,
    "c": 0.18764,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157CB

secondary

#B2D7A7

accent

#DC4C6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157CB

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

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