#B857EE#B857EE

#B857EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.225 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857EE
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 63.14, -60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 87.15, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1484 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.225 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6051, 23.1807, 83.3130)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857EE #8DEE57

analogous

#6C57EE #B857EE #EE57D8

triadic

#B857EE #EEB857 #57EEB8

tetradic

#B857EE #EE6C57 #8DEE57 #57D8EE

square

#B857EE #EE6C57 #8DEE57 #57D8EE

split-complementary

#B857EE #D8EE57 #57EE6C

monochromatic

#7D13B8 #A11FE8 #B857EE #CF8FF4 #E7C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B857EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B857EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857EE

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857EE	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.225 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf4',
    500: '#b857ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857ee;
$custom-light: #d18cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.543,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64168,
    "c": 0.22513,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857EE

secondary

#C9EBB6

accent

#DE0854

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857EE

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

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