#B857EA#B857EA

#B857EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.221 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857EA
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(280, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 62.30, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 85.27, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1485 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.221 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0240, 22.9482, 80.2524)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857EA #89EA57

analogous

#6E57EA #B857EA #EA57D2

triadic

#B857EA #EAB857 #57EAB8

tetradic

#B857EA #EA6E57 #89EA57 #57D2EA

square

#B857EA #EA6E57 #89EA57 #57D2EA

split-complementary

#B857EA #D2EA57 #57EA6E

monochromatic

#7C16B1 #A121E3 #B857EA #CF8DF1 #E6C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B857EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B857EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857EA

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857EA	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.221 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf1',
    500: '#b857ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857ea;
$custom-light: #d18cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.592,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63919,
    "c": 0.22117,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857EA

secondary

#C6E9B4

accent

#DA0B52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857EA

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

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