#B257BA#B257BA

#B257BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.172 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257BA
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 51.24, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 62.78, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1394 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.172 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6304, 19.8281, 48.6586)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257BA #5FBA57

analogous

#8057BA #B257BA #BA5790

triadic

#B257BA #BAB257 #57BAB2

tetradic

#B257BA #BA8057 #5FBA57 #5790BA

square

#B257BA #BA8057 #5FBA57 #5790BA

split-complementary

#B257BA #90BA57 #57BA80

monochromatic

#662C6B #8F3E96 #B257BA #C682CC #DAAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B257BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B257BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257BA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257BA	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4974BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.172 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8acf',
    500: '#b257ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257ba;
$custom-light: #cb8acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.152,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60454,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257BA

secondary

#A5CCA1

accent

#D25660

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257BA

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

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