#B257F3#B257F3

#B257F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.228 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257F3
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 243)
HSL	hsl(275, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 64.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 62.91, -63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 89.47, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1406 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.228 308)
XYZ	xyz(37.9426, 22.7530, 87.1696)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257F3 #98F357

analogous

#6457F3 #B257F3 #F357E6

triadic

#B257F3 #F3B257 #57F3B2

tetradic

#B257F3 #F36457 #98F357 #57E6F3

square

#B257F3 #F36457 #98F357 #57E6F3

split-complementary

#B257F3 #E6F357 #57F364

monochromatic

#770EC2 #981EEF #B257F3 #CC90F7 #E6C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B257F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B257F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257F3

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257F3	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3984EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8779E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.228 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf8',
    500: '#b257f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257f3;
$custom-light: #cd8cf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.22833,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.22752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257F3

secondary

#CEEEB8

accent

#E30260

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257F3

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

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