#B657E6#B657E6

#B657E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.217 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B657E6
RGB	rgb(182, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 61.02, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 83.34, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.1462 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.217 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9800, 22.4756, 77.2378)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B657E6 #87E657

analogous

#6F57E6 #B657E6 #E657CF

triadic

#B657E6 #E6B657 #57E6B6

tetradic

#B657E6 #E66F57 #87E657 #57CFE6

square

#B657E6 #E66F57 #87E657 #57CFE6

split-complementary

#B657E6 #CFE657 #57E66F

monochromatic

#7919A9 #9F22DE #B657E6 #CD8CEE #E4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B657E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B657E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B657E6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B657E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B657E6	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b657e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.217 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cef',
    500: '#b657e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b657e6;
$custom-light: #cf8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b657e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.86,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63434,
    "c": 0.21651,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B657E6

secondary

#C4E7B2

accent

#D60F52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B657E6

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

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