#B257CC#B257CC

#B257CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.189 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257CC
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 54.73, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 70.98, 320.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.141 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.189 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6659, 20.6423, 59.3787)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257CC #71CC57

analogous

#7857CC #B257CC #CC57AB

triadic

#B257CC #CCB257 #57CCB2

tetradic

#B257CC #CC7857 #71CC57 #57ABCC

square

#B257CC #CC7857 #71CC57 #57ABCC

split-complementary

#B257CC #ABCC57 #57CC78

monochromatic

#6D2781 #9536B0 #B257CC #C886DA #DDB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B257CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B257CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257CC

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257CC	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B77D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.189 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bdc',
    500: '#b257cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257cc;
$custom-light: #cc8bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61421,
    "c": 0.18908,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257CC

secondary

#B2D7A8

accent

#DD4B6B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257CC

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

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