#B457E6#B457E6

#B457E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.216 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B457E6
RGB	rgb(180, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 60.56, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 83.30, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1437 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.216 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5109, 22.2338, 77.2158)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B457E6 #89E657

analogous

#6D57E6 #B457E6 #E657D0

triadic

#B457E6 #E6B457 #57E6B4

tetradic

#B457E6 #E66D57 #89E657 #57D0E6

square

#B457E6 #E66D57 #89E657 #57D0E6

split-complementary

#B457E6 #D0E657 #57E66D

monochromatic

#7719A9 #9C22DE #B457E6 #CC8CEE #E4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B457E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B457E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B457E6

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B457E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B457E6	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b457e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.216 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cef',
    500: '#b457e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b457e6;
$custom-light: #ce8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b457e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.021,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63196,
    "c": 0.21582,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B457E6

secondary

#C5E7B2

accent

#D60F55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B457E6

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

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