#B257D9#B257D9

#B257D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.202 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257D9
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 59.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 57.38, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 77.08, 318.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1414 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.202 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2906, 21.2922, 67.9357)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257D9 #7ED957

analogous

#7157D9 #B257D9 #D957BF

triadic

#B257D9 #D9B257 #57D9B2

tetradic

#B257D9 #D97157 #7ED957 #57BFD9

square

#B257D9 #D97157 #7ED957 #57BFD9

split-complementary

#B257D9 #BFD957 #57D971

monochromatic

#722194 #982DC6 #B257D9 #C989E4 #E0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B257D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B257D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257D9

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257D9	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.202 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be5',
    500: '#b257d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257d9;
$custom-light: #cc8be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.20205,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257D9

secondary

#BCDFAD

accent

#E64273

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257D9

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

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