#B257F0#B257F0

#B257F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.225 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257F0
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 240)
HSL	hsl(276, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 63.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 62.26, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 88.03, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1408 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.225 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4933, 22.5732, 84.8031)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257F0 #95F057

analogous

#6657F0 #B257F0 #F057E2

triadic

#B257F0 #F0B257 #57F0B2

tetradic

#B257F0 #F06657 #95F057 #57E2F0

square

#B257F0 #F06657 #95F057 #57E2F0

split-complementary

#B257F0 #E2F057 #57F066

monochromatic

#7711BC #981FEB #B257F0 #CC8FF5 #E6C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B257F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B257F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257F0

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257F0	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D84ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.225 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf6',
    500: '#b257f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257f0;
$custom-light: #cd8cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.686,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.22529,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257F0

secondary

#CCECB7

accent

#E0055E

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257F0

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

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