#B157CD#B157CD

#B157CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.190 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157CD
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 54.68, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 71.39, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1398 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.19 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5575, 20.5725, 60.0017)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157CD #73CD57

analogous

#7657CD #B157CD #CD57AE

triadic

#B157CD #CDB157 #57CDB1

tetradic

#B157CD #CD7657 #73CD57 #57AECD

square

#B157CD #CD7657 #73CD57 #57AECD

split-complementary

#B157CD #AECD57 #57CD76

monochromatic

#6D2783 #9435B2 #B157CD #C786DB #DDB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B157CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B157CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157CD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157CD	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A77D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.190 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8bdd',
    500: '#b157cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157cd;
$custom-light: #cb8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.763,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61354,
    "c": 0.18963,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157CD

secondary

#B3D8A8

accent

#DD4A6D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157CD

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

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