#B257E6#B257E6

#B257E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.215 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257E6
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 60.11, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 83.26, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1413 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.215 311)
XYZ	xyz(36.0486, 21.9954, 77.1941)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257E6 #8BE657

analogous

#6B57E6 #B257E6 #E657D2

triadic

#B257E6 #E6B257 #57E6B2

tetradic

#B257E6 #E66B57 #8BE657 #57D2E6

square

#B257E6 #E66B57 #8BE657 #57D2E6

split-complementary

#B257E6 #D2E657 #57E66B

monochromatic

#7519A9 #9A22DE #B257E6 #CA8CEE #E3C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B257E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B257E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257E6

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257E6	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.215 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bef',
    500: '#b257e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257e6;
$custom-light: #cd8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6296,
    "c": 0.21516,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.21995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257E6

secondary

#C5E7B2

accent

#D60F58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257E6

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

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