#B257EB#B257EB

#B257EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.220 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257EB
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 61.18, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 85.64, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1411 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.22 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7608, 22.2802, 80.9451)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257EB #90EB57

analogous

#6857EB #B257EB #EB57DA

triadic

#B257EB #EBB257 #57EBB2

tetradic

#B257EB #EB6857 #90EB57 #57DAEB

square

#B257EB #EB6857 #90EB57 #57DAEB

split-complementary

#B257EB #DAEB57 #57EB68

monochromatic

#7615B2 #9920E4 #B257EB #CB8EF2 #E4C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B257EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B257EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257EB

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257EB	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4383E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.220 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf2',
    500: '#b257eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257eb;
$custom-light: #cd8cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.892,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63274,
    "c": 0.22022,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257EB

secondary

#C9E9B4

accent

#DB0A5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257EB

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

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