#B257CA#B257CA

#B257CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.187 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257CA
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 54.33, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 70.06, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1409 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.187 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4276, 20.5469, 58.1235)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257CA #6FCA57

analogous

#7957CA #B257CA #CA57A9

triadic

#B257CA #CAB257 #57CAB2

tetradic

#B257CA #CA7957 #6FCA57 #57A9CA

square

#B257CA #CA7957 #6FCA57 #57A9CA

split-complementary

#B257CA #A9CA57 #57CA79

monochromatic

#6D287F #9437AD #B257CA #C786D9 #DDB4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B257CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B257CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257CA

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257CA	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D77CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.187 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bda',
    500: '#b257ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257ca;
$custom-light: #cc8bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.478,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.18712,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257CA

secondary

#B1D6A7

accent

#DB4C6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257CA

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

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