#B157E1#B157E1

#B157E1 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.210 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E1
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 58.82, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 80.85, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1402 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.21 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1278, 21.6006, 73.5384)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E1 #87E157

analogous

#6C57E1 #B157E1 #E157CC

triadic

#B157E1 #E1B157 #57E1B1

tetradic

#B157E1 #E16C57 #87E157 #57CCE1

square

#B157E1 #E16C57 #87E157 #57CCE1

split-complementary

#B157E1 #CCE157 #57E16C

monochromatic

#731DA1 #9826D5 #B157E1 #C98BEA #E1BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B157E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B157E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E1

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E1	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.210 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8beb',
    500: '#b157e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e1;
$custom-light: #cc8beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62533,
    "c": 0.20975,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E1

secondary

#C2E4B0

accent

#D21456

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E1

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

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