#B857E9#B857E9

#B857E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.220 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857E9
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 62.10, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 84.80, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1486 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.22 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8807, 22.8909, 79.4979)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857E9 #88E957

analogous

#6F57E9 #B857E9 #E957D1

triadic

#B857E9 #E9B857 #57E9B8

tetradic

#B857E9 #E96F57 #88E957 #57D1E9

square

#B857E9 #E96F57 #88E957 #57D1E9

split-complementary

#B857E9 #D1E957 #57E96F

monochromatic

#7C17AF #A121E2 #B857E9 #CF8DF0 #E6C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B857E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B857E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857E9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857E9	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.220 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf1',
    500: '#b857e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857e9;
$custom-light: #d18cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.863,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63857,
    "c": 0.22018,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857E9

secondary

#C5E8B3

accent

#D90C51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857E9

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

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