#B257BF#B257BF

#B257BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.176 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257BF
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(293, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 52.19, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 65.02, 323.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1399 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.176 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1713, 20.0444, 51.5072)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257BF #64BF57

analogous

#7E57BF #B257BF #BF5798

triadic

#B257BF #BFB257 #57BFB2

tetradic

#B257BF #BF7E57 #64BF57 #5798BF

square

#B257BF #BF7E57 #64BF57 #5798BF

split-complementary

#B257BF #98BF57 #57BF7E

monochromatic

#682B71 #913C9D #B257BF #C683D0 #DBB0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B257BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B257BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257BF

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257BF	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4675C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.176 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8ad3',
    500: '#b257bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257bf;
$custom-light: #cb8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60714,
    "c": 0.17641,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257BF

secondary

#A8CFA3

accent

#D55363

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257BF

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

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