#B257F4#B257F4

#B257F4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.229 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257F4
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 244)
HSL	hsl(275, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 64.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 63.13, -64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 89.94, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1406 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.229 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0941, 22.8135, 87.9671)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257F4 #99F457

analogous

#6457F4 #B257F4 #F457E7

triadic

#B257F4 #F4B257 #57F4B2

tetradic

#B257F4 #F46457 #99F457 #57E7F4

square

#B257F4 #F46457 #99F457 #57E7F4

split-complementary

#B257F4 #E7F457 #57F464

monochromatic

#770DC4 #981EF0 #B257F4 #CC90F8 #E7CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B257F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B257F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257F4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257F4	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3884F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8789E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.229 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cf9',
    500: '#b257f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257f4;
$custom-light: #cd8cf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.777,
    "s": 87.709,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63853,
    "c": 0.22934,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257F4

secondary

#CFEEB9

accent

#E40161

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257F4

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

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