#B257E9#B257E9

#B257E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.218 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257E9
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 60.75, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 84.69, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1412 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.218 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4735, 22.1653, 79.4319)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257E9 #8EE957

analogous

#6957E9 #B257E9 #E957D7

triadic

#B257E9 #E9B257 #57E9B2

tetradic

#B257E9 #E96957 #8EE957 #57D7E9

square

#B257E9 #E96957 #8EE957 #57D7E9

split-complementary

#B257E9 #D7E957 #57E969

monochromatic

#7617AF #9921E2 #B257E9 #CB8DF0 #E4C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B257E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B257E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257E9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257E9	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.218 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf1',
    500: '#b257e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257e9;
$custom-light: #cd8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.397,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63148,
    "c": 0.21819,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257E9

secondary

#C7E8B3

accent

#D90C5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257E9

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

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