#B257CF#B257CF

#B257CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.192 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257CF
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 55.33, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 72.38, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1411 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.192 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0292, 20.7876, 61.2919)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257CF #74CF57

analogous

#7657CF #B257CF #CF57B0

triadic

#B257CF #CFB257 #57CFB2

tetradic

#B257CF #CF7657 #74CF57 #57B0CF

square

#B257CF #CF7657 #74CF57 #57B0CF

split-complementary

#B257CF #B0CF57 #57CF76

monochromatic

#6E2685 #9634B5 #B257CF #C887DD #DEB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B257CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B257CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257CF

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257CF	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3978D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.192 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bde',
    500: '#b257cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257cf;
$custom-light: #cc8bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.19206,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257CF

secondary

#B4D9A9

accent

#DF496D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257CF

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

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