#B257BE#B257BE

#B257BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.175 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257BE
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 52.00, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 64.57, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1398 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.175 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0616, 20.0006, 50.9296)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257BE #63BE57

analogous

#7F57BE #B257BE #BE5797

triadic

#B257BE #BEB257 #57BEB2

tetradic

#B257BE #BE7F57 #63BE57 #5797BE

square

#B257BE #BE7F57 #63BE57 #5797BE

split-complementary

#B257BE #97BE57 #57BE7F

monochromatic

#682B6F #903C9C #B257BE #C683CF #DAAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B257BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B257BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257BE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257BE	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4775C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.175 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad2',
    500: '#b257be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257be;
$custom-light: #cb8ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.01,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60662,
    "c": 0.17546,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257BE

secondary

#A8CEA3

accent

#D45463

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257BE

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

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