#B157E7#B157E7

#B157E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.216 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E7
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 60.09, -58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 83.71, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.14 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.216 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9607, 21.9338, 77.9251)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E7 #8DE757

analogous

#6957E7 #B157E7 #E757D5

triadic

#B157E7 #E7B157 #57E7B1

tetradic

#B157E7 #E76957 #8DE757 #57D5E7

square

#B157E7 #E76957 #8DE757 #57D5E7

split-complementary

#B157E7 #D5E757 #57E769

monochromatic

#7418AB #9821DF #B157E7 #CA8DEF #E3C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B157E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B157E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E7

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E7	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.216 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bef',
    500: '#b157e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e7;
$custom-light: #cc8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E7

secondary

#C6E7B3

accent

#D70E5A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E7

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

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