#B957BE#B957BE

#B957BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.179 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957BE
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 53.90, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 65.23, 325.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.148 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.179 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7093, 20.8502, 51.0068)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957BE #5CBE57

analogous

#8657BE #B957BE #BE5790

triadic

#B957BE #BEB957 #57BEB9

tetradic

#B957BE #BE8657 #5CBE57 #5790BE

square

#B957BE #BE8657 #5CBE57 #5790BE

split-complementary

#B957BE #90BE57 #57BE86

monochromatic

#6C2B6F #973C9C #B957BE #CB83CF #DEAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B957BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B957BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957BE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957BE	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A76C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.179 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bd2',
    500: '#b957be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957be;
$custom-light: #d08bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.087,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61555,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957BE

secondary

#A5CEA3

accent

#D4545A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957BE

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

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