#B157E9#B157E9

#B157E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.218 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B157E9
RGB	rgb(177, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 60.52, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 84.67, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.1399 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.218 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.2448, 22.0474, 79.4212)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B157E9 #8FE957

analogous

#6857E9 #B157E9 #E957D8

triadic

#B157E9 #E9B157 #57E9B1

tetradic

#B157E9 #E96857 #8FE957 #57D8E9

square

#B157E9 #E96857 #8FE957 #57D8E9

split-complementary

#B157E9 #D8E957 #57E968

monochromatic

#7417AF #9821E2 #B157E9 #CA8DF0 #E3C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B157E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B157E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B157E9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B157E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B157E9	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b157e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.218 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bf1',
    500: '#b157e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b157e9;
$custom-light: #cc8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b157e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63031,
    "c": 0.21788,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.22047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B157E9

secondary

#C8E8B3

accent

#D90C5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B157E9

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

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