#B157DE#B157DE

#B157DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.207 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157DE
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 58.18, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 79.42, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1402 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.207 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7222, 21.4384, 71.4020)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157DE #84DE57

analogous

#6D57DE #B157DE #DE57C7

triadic

#B157DE #DEB157 #57DEB1

tetradic

#B157DE #DE6D57 #84DE57 #57C7DE

square

#B157DE #DE6D57 #84DE57 #57C7DE

split-complementary

#B157DE #C7DE57 #57DE6D

monochromatic

#721F9C #9829CF #B157DE #C98AE8 #E0BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B157DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B157DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157DE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157DE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.207 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be9',
    500: '#b157de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157de;
$custom-light: #cc8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.20671,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157DE

secondary

#C0E2AF

accent

#CF1654

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157DE

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

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