#B157E6#B157E6

#B157E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.215 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E6
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 59.88, -57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 83.24, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.14 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.215 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8199, 21.8774, 77.1834)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E6 #8CE657

analogous

#6A57E6 #B157E6 #E657D4

triadic

#B157E6 #E6B157 #57E6B1

tetradic

#B157E6 #E66A57 #8CE657 #57D4E6

square

#B157E6 #E66A57 #8CE657 #57D4E6

split-complementary

#B157E6 #D4E657 #57E66A

monochromatic

#7419A9 #9822DE #B157E6 #CA8CEE #E2C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B157E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B157E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E6

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E6	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4782E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.215 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bef',
    500: '#b157e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e6;
$custom-light: #cc8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.762,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.21483,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E6

secondary

#C6E7B2

accent

#D60F59

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E6

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

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