#B257CB#B257CB

#B257CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.188 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257CB
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 54.53, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 70.52, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1409 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.188 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5463, 20.5945, 58.7491)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257CB #70CB57

analogous

#7857CB #B257CB #CB57AA

triadic

#B257CB #CBB257 #57CBB2

tetradic

#B257CB #CB7857 #70CB57 #57AACB

square

#B257CB #CB7857 #70CB57 #57AACB

split-complementary

#B257CB #AACB57 #57CB78

monochromatic

#6D2880 #9536AF #B257CB #C786D9 #DDB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B257CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B257CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257CB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257CB	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.188 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bdb',
    500: '#b257cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257cb;
$custom-light: #cc8bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.069,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61365,
    "c": 0.1881,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257CB

secondary

#B1D7A7

accent

#DC4C6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257CB

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

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