#B957CC#B957CC

#B957CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.192 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957CC
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 56.53, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 71.43, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1493 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.192 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3136, 21.4919, 59.4559)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957CC #6ACC57

analogous

#7E57CC #B957CC #CC57A5

triadic

#B957CC #CCB957 #57CCB9

tetradic

#B957CC #CC7E57 #6ACC57 #57A5CC

square

#B957CC #CC7E57 #6ACC57 #57A5CC

split-complementary

#B957CC #A5CC57 #57CC7E

monochromatic

#732781 #9C36B0 #B957CC #CD86DA #E0B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B957CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B957CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957CC

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957CC	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4079D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.192 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdc',
    500: '#b957cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957cc;
$custom-light: #d18bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.256,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62294,
    "c": 0.1924,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957CC

secondary

#AFD7A8

accent

#DD4B63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957CC

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

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