#B157E8#B157E8

#B157E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.217 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E8
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 60.31, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 84.19, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.14 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.217 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1024, 21.9904, 78.6710)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E8 #8EE857

analogous

#6857E8 #B157E8 #E857D7

triadic

#B157E8 #E8B157 #57E8B1

tetradic

#B157E8 #E86857 #8EE857 #57D7E8

square

#B157E8 #E86857 #8EE857 #57D7E8

split-complementary

#B157E8 #D7E857 #57E868

monochromatic

#7418AD #9821E1 #B157E8 #CA8DEF #E3C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B157E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B157E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E8	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.217 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf0',
    500: '#b157e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e8;
$custom-light: #cc8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62968,
    "c": 0.21686,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E8

secondary

#C7E8B3

accent

#D80D5A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E8

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

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