#B257DB#B257DB

#B257DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.204 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257DB
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 57.79, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 78.03, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1414 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.204 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5523, 21.3969, 69.3140)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257DB #80DB57

analogous

#7057DB #B257DB #DB57C2

triadic

#B257DB #DBB257 #57DBB2

tetradic

#B257DB #DB7057 #80DB57 #57C2DB

square

#B257DB #DB7057 #80DB57 #57C2DB

split-complementary

#B257DB #C2DB57 #57DB70

monochromatic

#722097 #982BCA #B257DB #C989E6 #E0BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B257DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B257DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257DB

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257DB	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.204 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be7',
    500: '#b257db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257db;
$custom-light: #cc8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.20405,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257DB

secondary

#BDE0AD

accent

#E84074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257DB

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

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