#B257DA#B257DA

#B257DA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.203 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257DA
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 218)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 60.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 57.58, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 77.55, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1414 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.203 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4211, 21.3444, 68.6227)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257DA #7FDA57

analogous

#7057DA #B257DA #DA57C1

triadic

#B257DA #DAB257 #57DAB2

tetradic

#B257DA #DA7057 #7FDA57 #57C1DA

square

#B257DA #DA7057 #7FDA57 #57C1DA

split-complementary

#B257DA #C1DA57 #57DA70

monochromatic

#722196 #982CC8 #B257DA #C989E5 #E0BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B257DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B257DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257DA

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257DA	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.203 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be6',
    500: '#b257da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257da;
$custom-light: #cc8be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.679,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6223,
    "c": 0.20304,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257DA

secondary

#BDE0AD

accent

#E74174

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257DA

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

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