#B257D2#B257D2

#B257D2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.195 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257D2
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 58.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 55.94, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 73.79, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% 0.1412 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.195 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3994, 20.9357, 63.2419)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257D2 #77D257

analogous

#7457D2 #B257D2 #D257B4

triadic

#B257D2 #D2B257 #57D2B2

tetradic

#B257D2 #D27457 #77D257 #57B4D2

square

#B257D2 #D27457 #77D257 #57B4D2

split-complementary

#B257D2 #B4D257 #57D274

monochromatic

#6F258A #9732BA #B257D2 #C887DF #DEB8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B257D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B257D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257D2

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257D2	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3579D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.195 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be0',
    500: '#b257d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257d2;
$custom-light: #cc8be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.39,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61762,
    "c": 0.19504,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257D2

secondary

#B7DBAA

accent

#E1476F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257D2

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

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