#B857EB#B857EB

#B857EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.222 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857EB
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 62.51, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 85.74, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1485 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.222 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1680, 23.0059, 81.0111)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857EB #8AEB57

analogous

#6E57EB #B857EB #EB57D4

triadic

#B857EB #EBB857 #57EBB8

tetradic

#B857EB #EB6E57 #8AEB57 #57D4EB

square

#B857EB #EB6E57 #8AEB57 #57D4EB

split-complementary

#B857EB #D4EB57 #57EB6E

monochromatic

#7C15B2 #A120E4 #B857EB #CF8EF2 #E6C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B857EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B857EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857EB

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857EB	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A86E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.222 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf2',
    500: '#b857eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857eb;
$custom-light: #d18cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.324,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.22216,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857EB

secondary

#C7E9B4

accent

#DB0A52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857EB

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

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