#B157DA#B157DA

#B157DA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.203 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157DA
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 218)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 57.34, -52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 77.52, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1402 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.203 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1924, 21.2265, 68.6120)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157DA #80DA57

analogous

#6F57DA #B157DA #DA57C2

triadic

#B157DA #DAB157 #57DAB1

tetradic

#B157DA #DA6F57 #80DA57 #57C2DA

square

#B157DA #DA6F57 #80DA57 #57C2DA

split-complementary

#B157DA #C2DA57 #57DA6F

monochromatic

#712196 #972CC8 #B157DA #C889E5 #E0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B157DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B157DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157DA

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157DA	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5281D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.203 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8be6',
    500: '#b157da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157da;
$custom-light: #cb8be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.221,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.20266,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157DA

secondary

#BDE0AD

accent

#E74175

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157DA

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

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