#B457E5#B457E5

#B457E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.215 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B457E5
RGB	rgb(180, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 60.35, -56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 82.82, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1438 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.215 312)
XYZ	xyz(36.3709, 22.1777, 76.4783)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B457E5 #88E557

analogous

#6D57E5 #B457E5 #E557CF

triadic

#B457E5 #E5B457 #57E5B4

tetradic

#B457E5 #E56D57 #88E557 #57CFE5

square

#B457E5 #E56D57 #88E557 #57CFE5

split-complementary

#B457E5 #CFE557 #57E56D

monochromatic

#771AA8 #9C22DD #B457E5 #CC8CED #E3C1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B457E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B457E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B457E5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B457E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B457E5	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b457e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.215 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cee',
    500: '#b457e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b457e5;
$custom-light: #ce8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b457e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.296,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63135,
    "c": 0.21481,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.22177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B457E5

secondary

#C4E6B2

accent

#D51054

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B457E5

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

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