#B857F0#B857F0

#B857F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.227 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B857F0
RGB	rgb(184, 87, 240)
HSL	hsl(278, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 63.56, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 88.09, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1483 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.227 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9006, 23.2989, 84.8691)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B857F0 #8FF057

analogous

#6C57F0 #B857F0 #F057DC

triadic

#B857F0 #F0B857 #57F0B8

tetradic

#B857F0 #F06C57 #8FF057 #57DCF0

square

#B857F0 #F06C57 #8FF057 #57DCF0

split-complementary

#B857F0 #DCF057 #57F06C

monochromatic

#7D11BC #A01FEB #B857F0 #D08FF5 #E7C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B857F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B857F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B857F0

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B857F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B857F0	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b857f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 87, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.227 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18cf6',
    500: '#b857f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b857f0;
$custom-light: #d18cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b857f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.039,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64294,
    "c": 0.22711,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B857F0

secondary

#CAECB7

accent

#E00555

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B857F0

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

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