#B257EF#B257EF

#B257EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.224 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257EF
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(276, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 62.04, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 87.55, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1409 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.224 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3452, 22.5140, 84.0229)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257EF #94EF57

analogous

#6657EF #B257EF #EF57E0

triadic

#B257EF #EFB257 #57EFB2

tetradic

#B257EF #EF6657 #94EF57 #57E0EF

square

#B257EF #EF6657 #94EF57 #57E0EF

split-complementary

#B257EF #E0EF57 #57EF66

monochromatic

#7612BA #981FEA #B257EF #CC8FF4 #E5C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B257EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B257EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257EF

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257EF	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.224 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf5',
    500: '#b257ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257ef;
$custom-light: #cd8cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.921,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.22427,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257EF

secondary

#CCECB6

accent

#DF065D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257EF

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

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