#B257E8#B257E8

#B257E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.217 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257E8
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 60.53, -58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 84.21, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1412 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.217 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3310, 22.1083, 78.6817)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257E8 #8DE857

analogous

#6957E8 #B257E8 #E857D6

triadic

#B257E8 #E8B257 #57E8B2

tetradic

#B257E8 #E86957 #8DE857 #57D6E8

square

#B257E8 #E86957 #8DE857 #57D6E8

split-complementary

#B257E8 #D6E857 #57E869

monochromatic

#7518AD #9921E1 #B257E8 #CB8DEF #E3C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B257E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B257E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257E8

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257E8	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.217 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf0',
    500: '#b257e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257e8;
$custom-light: #cd8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.655,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63085,
    "c": 0.21718,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257E8

secondary

#C7E8B3

accent

#D80D59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257E8

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

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