#B257FA#B257FA

#B257FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.235 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B257FA
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 250)
HSL	hsl(273, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 65.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 64.45, -66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 92.81, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1401 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.235 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0199, 23.1839, 92.8433)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B257FA #9FFA57

analogous

#6057FA #B257FA #FA57F0

triadic

#B257FA #FAB257 #57FAB2

tetradic

#B257FA #FA6057 #9FFA57 #57F0FA

square

#B257FA #FA6057 #9FFA57 #57F0FA

split-complementary

#B257FA #F0FA57 #57FA60

monochromatic

#7706D0 #971CF8 #B257FA #CD92FC #E8CEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B257FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B257FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B257FA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B257FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B257FA	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E85F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b257fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.235 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cfd',
    500: '#b257fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b257fa;
$custom-light: #ce8cfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b257fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.497,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64249,
    "c": 0.23544,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B257FA

secondary

#D3F1BC

accent

#E60065

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B257FA

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

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