#B157DB#B157DB

#B157DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.204 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157DB
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 57.55, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 77.99, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1402 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.204 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3237, 21.2790, 69.3033)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157DB #81DB57

analogous

#6F57DB #B157DB #DB57C3

triadic

#B157DB #DBB157 #57DBB1

tetradic

#B157DB #DB6F57 #81DB57 #57C3DB

square

#B157DB #DB6F57 #81DB57 #57C3DB

split-complementary

#B157DB #C3DB57 #57DB6F

monochromatic

#712097 #972BCA #B157DB #C889E6 #E0BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B157DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B157DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157DB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157DB	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.204 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be7',
    500: '#b157db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157db;
$custom-light: #cc8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62169,
    "c": 0.20367,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157DB

secondary

#BEE0AD

accent

#E84075

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157DB

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

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