#B257EE#B257EE

#B257EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.223 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257EE
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(276, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 61.82, -61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 87.07, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1409 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.223 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1978, 22.4551, 83.2470)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257EE #93EE57

analogous

#6657EE #B257EE #EE57DE

triadic

#B257EE #EEB257 #57EEB2

tetradic

#B257EE #EE6657 #93EE57 #57DEEE

square

#B257EE #EE6657 #93EE57 #57DEEE

split-complementary

#B257EE #DEEE57 #57EE66

monochromatic

#7613B8 #991FE8 #B257EE #CB8FF4 #E5C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B257EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B257EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257EE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257EE	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9769B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.223 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf4',
    500: '#b257ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257ee;
$custom-light: #cd8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.159,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63465,
    "c": 0.22326,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257EE

secondary

#CBEBB6

accent

#DE085D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257EE

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

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