#B157DF#B157DF

#B157DF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.208 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157DF
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 58.39, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 79.90, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1402 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.208 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8566, 21.4921, 72.1099)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157DF #85DF57

analogous

#6D57DF #B157DF #DF57C9

triadic

#B157DF #DFB157 #57DFB1

tetradic

#B157DF #DF6D57 #85DF57 #57C9DF

square

#B157DF #DF6D57 #85DF57 #57C9DF

split-complementary

#B157DF #C9DF57 #57DF6D

monochromatic

#721E9E #9828D1 #B157DF #C98AE9 #E1BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B157DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B157DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157DF

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157DF	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.208 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bea',
    500: '#b157df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157df;
$custom-light: #cc8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62411,
    "c": 0.20772,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157DF

secondary

#C1E3AF

accent

#D01655

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157DF

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

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