#B257EA#B257EA

#B257EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.219 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257EA
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(277, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 60.96, -59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 85.16, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.1411 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.219 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6167, 22.2226, 80.1864)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257EA #8FEA57

analogous

#6857EA #B257EA #EA57D8

triadic

#B257EA #EAB257 #57EAB2

tetradic

#B257EA #EA6857 #8FEA57 #57D8EA

square

#B257EA #EA6857 #8FEA57 #57D8EA

split-complementary

#B257EA #D8EA57 #57EA68

monochromatic

#7616B1 #9921E3 #B257EA #CB8DF1 #E4C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B257EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B257EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257EA

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257EA	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.219 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf1',
    500: '#b257ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257ea;
$custom-light: #cd8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.2192,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257EA

secondary

#C8E9B4

accent

#DA0B5A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257EA

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

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