#B257DD#B257DD

#B257DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.206 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257DD
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 58.21, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 78.98, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1414 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.206 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8172, 21.5028, 70.7090)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257DD #82DD57

analogous

#6F57DD #B257DD #DD57C5

triadic

#B257DD #DDB257 #57DDB2

tetradic

#B257DD #DD6F57 #82DD57 #57C5DD

square

#B257DD #DD6F57 #82DD57 #57C5DD

split-complementary

#B257DD #C5DD57 #57DD6F

monochromatic

#731F9A #992ACD #B257DD #C98AE7 #E1BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B257DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B257DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257DD

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257DD	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.206 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8be8',
    500: '#b257dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257dd;
$custom-light: #cc8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.746,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62409,
    "c": 0.20606,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257DD

secondary

#BFE1AE

accent

#CE1752

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257DD

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

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