#B257BB#B257BB

#B257BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.173 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257BB
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 51.43, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 63.23, 324.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1395 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.173 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7371, 19.8708, 49.2205)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257BB #60BB57

analogous

#8057BB #B257BB #BB5792

triadic

#B257BB #BBB257 #57BBB2

tetradic

#B257BB #BB8057 #60BB57 #5792BB

square

#B257BB #BB8057 #60BB57 #5792BB

split-complementary

#B257BB #92BB57 #57BB80

monochromatic

#662C6C #8F3D97 #B257BB #C683CD #DAAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B257BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B257BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257BB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257BB	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#4974BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.173 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad0',
    500: '#b257bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257bb;
$custom-light: #cb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60506,
    "c": 0.17259,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257BB

secondary

#A5CCA2

accent

#D25661

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257BB

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

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