#B257E4#B257E4

#B257E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.213 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257E4
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 59.68, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 82.30, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1413 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.213 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7693, 21.8837, 75.7234)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257E4 #89E457

analogous

#6B57E4 #B257E4 #E457D0

triadic

#B257E4 #E4B257 #57E4B2

tetradic

#B257E4 #E46B57 #89E457 #57D0E4

square

#B257E4 #E46B57 #89E457 #57D0E4

split-complementary

#B257E4 #D0E457 #57E46B

monochromatic

#751BA6 #9A23DB #B257E4 #CA8CEC #E2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B257E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B257E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257E4

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257E4	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.213 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bed',
    500: '#b257e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257e4;
$custom-light: #cd8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.723,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62836,
    "c": 0.21313,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257E4

secondary

#C4E6B1

accent

#D41156

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257E4

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

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