#B157CC#B157CC

#B157CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.189 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157CC
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 54.48, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 70.93, 320.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.1398 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.189 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4372, 20.5244, 59.3680)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157CC #72CC57

analogous

#7757CC #B157CC #CC57AD

triadic

#B157CC #CCB157 #57CCB1

tetradic

#B157CC #CC7757 #72CC57 #57ADCC

square

#B157CC #CC7757 #72CC57 #57ADCC

split-complementary

#B157CC #ADCC57 #57CC77

monochromatic

#6D2781 #9436B0 #B157CC #C786DA #DDB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B157CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B157CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157CC

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157CC	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B77D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.189 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bdc',
    500: '#b157cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157cc;
$custom-light: #cb8bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61298,
    "c": 0.18863,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157CC

secondary

#B3D7A8

accent

#DD4B6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157CC

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

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