#B257CD#B257CD

#B257CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.190 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257CD
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 54.93, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 71.45, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.141 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.19 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7862, 20.6904, 60.0124)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257CD #72CD57

analogous

#7757CD #B257CD #CD57AD

triadic

#B257CD #CDB257 #57CDB2

tetradic

#B257CD #CD7757 #72CD57 #57ADCD

square

#B257CD #CD7757 #72CD57 #57ADCD

split-complementary

#B257CD #ADCD57 #57CD77

monochromatic

#6E2783 #9535B2 #B257CD #C886DB #DDB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B257CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B257CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257CD

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257CD	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.190 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bdd',
    500: '#b257cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257cd;
$custom-light: #cc8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.271,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61477,
    "c": 0.19007,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257CD

secondary

#B3D8A8

accent

#DD4A6C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257CD

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

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