#B457EB#B457EB

#B457EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.221 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B457EB
RGB	rgb(180, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 61.62, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 85.67, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1436 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.221 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2231, 22.5186, 80.9668)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B457EB #8EEB57

analogous

#6A57EB #B457EB #EB57D8

triadic

#B457EB #EBB457 #57EBB4

tetradic

#B457EB #EB6A57 #8EEB57 #57D8EB

square

#B457EB #EB6A57 #8EEB57 #57D8EB

split-complementary

#B457EB #D8EB57 #57EB6A

monochromatic

#7815B2 #9C20E4 #B457EB #CC8EF2 #E5C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B457EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B457EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B457EB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B457EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B457EB	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4584E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b457eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.221 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cf2',
    500: '#b457eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b457eb;
$custom-light: #ce8cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b457eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.703,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63508,
    "c": 0.22085,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B457EB

secondary

#C8E9B4

accent

#DB0A58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B457EB

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

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