#B257DC#B257DC

#B257DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.205 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257DC
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 58.00, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 78.50, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1414 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.205 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6844, 21.4497, 70.0094)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257DC #81DC57

analogous

#7057DC #B257DC #DC57C3

triadic

#B257DC #DCB257 #57DCB2

tetradic

#B257DC #DC7057 #81DC57 #57C3DC

square

#B257DC #DC7057 #81DC57 #57C3DC

split-complementary

#B257DC #C3DC57 #57DC70

monochromatic

#732099 #992ACB #B257DC #C98AE7 #E0BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B257DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B257DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257DC

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257DC	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.205 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be7',
    500: '#b257dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257dc;
$custom-light: #cc8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62349,
    "c": 0.20505,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257DC

secondary

#BEE1AE

accent

#CD1851

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257DC

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

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