#B257D3#B257D3

#B257D3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.196 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257D3
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 211)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 56.14, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 74.25, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.1413 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.196 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5244, 20.9857, 63.9001)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257D3 #78D357

analogous

#7457D3 #B257D3 #D357B6

triadic

#B257D3 #D3B257 #57D3B2

tetradic

#B257D3 #D37457 #78D357 #57B6D3

square

#B257D3 #D37457 #78D357 #57B6D3

split-complementary

#B257D3 #B6D357 #57D374

monochromatic

#70248B #9731BC #B257D3 #C887E0 #DEB8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B257D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B257D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257D3

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257D3	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.196 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be1',
    500: '#b257d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257d3;
$custom-light: #cc8be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.032,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61819,
    "c": 0.19604,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257D3

secondary

#B7DCAA

accent

#E24670

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257D3

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

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