#B157DC#B157DC

#B157DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.205 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157DC
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 57.76, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 78.47, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1402 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.205 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4557, 21.3318, 69.9987)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157DC #82DC57

analogous

#6F57DC #B157DC #DC57C4

triadic

#B157DC #DCB157 #57DCB1

tetradic

#B157DC #DC6F57 #82DC57 #57C4DC

square

#B157DC #DC6F57 #82DC57 #57C4DC

split-complementary

#B157DC #C4DC57 #57DC6F

monochromatic

#722099 #972ACB #B157DC #C98AE7 #E0BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B157DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B157DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157DC

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157DC	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5081D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.205 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be7',
    500: '#b157dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157dc;
$custom-light: #cc8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.602,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62229,
    "c": 0.20469,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157DC

secondary

#BEE1AE

accent

#CD1853

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157DC

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

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