#B257D4#B257D4

#B257D4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.197 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257D4
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 59%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 56.35, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 74.72, 318.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.1413 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.197 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6501, 21.0360, 64.5624)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257D4 #79D457

analogous

#7357D4 #B257D4 #D457B7

triadic

#B257D4 #D4B257 #57D4B2

tetradic

#B257D4 #D47357 #79D457 #57B7D4

square

#B257D4 #D47357 #79D457 #57B7D4

split-complementary

#B257D4 #B7D457 #57D473

monochromatic

#70248D #9730BD #B257D4 #C888E0 #DFB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#B257D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#B257D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257D4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257D4	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3379D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.197 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be2',
    500: '#b257d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257d4;
$custom-light: #cc8be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.68,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61877,
    "c": 0.19703,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257D4

secondary

#B8DCAB

accent

#E24570

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257D4

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

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