#B857E7#B857E7

#B857E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.218 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857E7
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 61.68, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 83.86, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1486 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.218 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5966, 22.7773, 78.0018)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857E7 #86E757

analogous

#7057E7 #B857E7 #E757CE

triadic

#B857E7 #E7B857 #57E7B8

tetradic

#B857E7 #E77057 #86E757 #57CEE7

square

#B857E7 #E77057 #86E757 #57CEE7

split-complementary

#B857E7 #CEE757 #57E770

monochromatic

#7B18AB #A121DF #B857E7 #CF8DEF #E5C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B857E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B857E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857E7

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857E7	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.218 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cef',
    500: '#b857e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857e7;
$custom-light: #d18cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.417,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63734,
    "c": 0.21821,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857E7

secondary

#C4E7B3

accent

#D70E50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857E7

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

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