#B657D6#B657D6

#B657D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.201 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B657D6
RGB	rgb(182, 87, 214)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 59.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 57.74, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 75.84, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1462 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.201 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8354, 21.6178, 65.9429)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B657D6 #77D657

analogous

#7757D6 #B657D6 #D657B7

triadic

#B657D6 #D6B657 #57D6B6

tetradic

#B657D6 #D67757 #77D657 #57B7D6

square

#B657D6 #D67757 #77D657 #57B7D6

split-complementary

#B657D6 #B7D657 #57D677

monochromatic

#742390 #9C2FC1 #B657D6 #CB88E2 #E1B9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B657D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B657D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B657D6

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B657D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B657D6	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b657d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 87, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.201 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8be3',
    500: '#b657d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b657d6;
$custom-light: #cf8be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b657d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.882,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62482,
    "c": 0.20069,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B657D6

secondary

#B8DDAB

accent

#E4446C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B657D6

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

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