#B257BC#B257BC

#B257BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.174 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257BC
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 53.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 51.62, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 63.68, 324.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.1396 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.174 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8445, 19.9137, 49.7862)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257BC #61BC57

analogous

#8057BC #B257BC #BC5794

triadic

#B257BC #BCB257 #57BCB2

tetradic

#B257BC #BC8057 #61BC57 #5794BC

square

#B257BC #BC8057 #61BC57 #5794BC

split-complementary

#B257BC #94BC57 #57BC80

monochromatic

#672C6D #903D99 #B257BC #C683CD #DAAFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B257BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B257BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257BC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257BC	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.174 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad0',
    500: '#b257bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257bc;
$custom-light: #cb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.059,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60558,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257BC

secondary

#A6CDA2

accent

#D35561

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257BC

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

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