#B157E2#B157E2

#B157E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.211 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E2
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 59.03, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 81.33, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.1401 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.211 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2646, 21.6553, 74.2590)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E2 #88E257

analogous

#6C57E2 #B157E2 #E257CE

triadic

#B157E2 #E2B157 #57E2B1

tetradic

#B157E2 #E26C57 #88E257 #57CEE2

square

#B157E2 #E26C57 #88E257 #57CEE2

split-complementary

#B157E2 #CEE257 #57E26C

monochromatic

#731CA3 #9825D7 #B157E2 #C98BEB #E1BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B157E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B157E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E2	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.211 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bec',
    500: '#b157e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e2;
$custom-light: #cc8bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.849,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62594,
    "c": 0.21076,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E2

secondary

#C3E4B0

accent

#D31356

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E2

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

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