#B257DF#B257DF

#B257DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.208 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257DF
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 58.63, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 79.92, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1414 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.208 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0852, 21.6100, 72.1207)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257DF #84DF57

analogous

#6E57DF #B257DF #DF57C8

triadic

#B257DF #DFB257 #57DFB2

tetradic

#B257DF #DF6E57 #84DF57 #57C8DF

square

#B257DF #DF6E57 #84DF57 #57C8DF

split-complementary

#B257DF #C8DF57 #57DF6E

monochromatic

#731E9E #9928D1 #B257DF #CA8AE9 #E1BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B257DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B257DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257DF

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257DF	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.208 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8bea',
    500: '#b257df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257df;
$custom-light: #cc8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.147,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6253,
    "c": 0.20808,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257DF

secondary

#C0E3AF

accent

#D01653

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257DF

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

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