#B257E2#B257E2

#B257E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.211 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257E2
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 59.26, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 81.35, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1414 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.211 312)
XYZ	xyz(35.4933, 21.7732, 74.2697)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257E2 #87E257

analogous

#6D57E2 #B257E2 #E257CC

triadic

#B257E2 #E2B257 #57E2B2

tetradic

#B257E2 #E26D57 #87E257 #57CCE2

square

#B257E2 #E26D57 #87E257 #57CCE2

split-complementary

#B257E2 #CCE257 #57E26D

monochromatic

#741CA3 #9925D7 #B257E2 #CA8BEB #E2BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B257E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B257E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257E2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257E2	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.211 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bec',
    500: '#b257e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257e2;
$custom-light: #cd8bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.281,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62713,
    "c": 0.21111,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257E2

secondary

#C2E4B0

accent

#D31355

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257E2

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

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