#B857DC#B857DC

#B857DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.207 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857DC
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 59.43, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 78.72, 319.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1487 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.207 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0916, 22.1753, 70.0753)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857DC #7BDC57

analogous

#7557DC #B857DC #DC57BE

triadic

#B857DC #DCB857 #57DCB8

tetradic

#B857DC #DC7557 #7BDC57 #57BEDC

square

#B857DC #DC7557 #7BDC57 #57BEDC

split-complementary

#B857DC #BEDC57 #57DC75

monochromatic

#782099 #A02ACB #B857DC #CD8AE7 #E3BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B857DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B857DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857DC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857DC	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.207 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08ce7',
    500: '#b857dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857dc;
$custom-light: #d08ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.759,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.20739,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857DC

secondary

#BCE1AE

accent

#CD1849

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857DC

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

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