#B157DD#B157DD

#B157DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.206 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157DD
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 57.97, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 78.94, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1402 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.206 313)
XYZ	xyz(34.5885, 21.3849, 70.6982)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157DD #83DD57

analogous

#6E57DD #B157DD #DD57C6

triadic

#B157DD #DDB157 #57DDB1

tetradic

#B157DD #DD6E57 #83DD57 #57C6DD

square

#B157DD #DD6E57 #83DD57 #57C6DD

split-complementary

#B157DD #C6DD57 #57DD6E

monochromatic

#721F9A #982ACD #B157DD #C98AE7 #E0BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B157DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B157DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157DD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157DD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.206 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be8',
    500: '#b157dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157dd;
$custom-light: #cc8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.2057,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157DD

secondary

#BFE1AE

accent

#CE1753

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157DD

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

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