#B857E8#B857E8

#B857E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.219 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857E8
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 61.89, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 84.33, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1486 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.219 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7383, 22.8340, 78.7477)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857E8 #87E857

analogous

#7057E8 #B857E8 #E857CF

triadic

#B857E8 #E8B857 #57E8B8

tetradic

#B857E8 #E87057 #87E857 #57CFE8

square

#B857E8 #E87057 #87E857 #57CFE8

split-complementary

#B857E8 #CFE857 #57E870

monochromatic

#7C18AD #A121E1 #B857E8 #CF8DEF #E5C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B857E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B857E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857E8

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857E8	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.219 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf0',
    500: '#b857e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857e8;
$custom-light: #d18cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.138,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63796,
    "c": 0.21919,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857E8

secondary

#C4E8B3

accent

#D80D50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857E8

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

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