#B157E4#B157E4

#B157E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.213 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E4
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 59.45, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 82.28, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1401 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.213 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5407, 21.7657, 75.7127)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E4 #8AE457

analogous

#6B57E4 #B157E4 #E457D1

triadic

#B157E4 #E4B157 #57E4B1

tetradic

#B157E4 #E46B57 #8AE457 #57D1E4

square

#B157E4 #E46B57 #8AE457 #57D1E4

split-complementary

#B157E4 #D1E457 #57E46B

monochromatic

#741BA6 #9823DB #B157E4 #C98CEC #E2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B157E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B157E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E4

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E4	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.213 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bed',
    500: '#b157e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e4;
$custom-light: #cc8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62718,
    "c": 0.2128,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E4

secondary

#C4E6B1

accent

#D41158

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E4

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

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