#B957CD#B957CD

#B957CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.193 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957CD
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 56.72, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 71.88, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1493 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.193 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4339, 21.5400, 60.0896)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957CD #6BCD57

analogous

#7E57CD #B957CD #CD57A6

triadic

#B957CD #CDB957 #57CDB9

tetradic

#B957CD #CD7E57 #6BCD57 #57A6CD

square

#B957CD #CD7E57 #6BCD57 #57A6CD

split-complementary

#B957CD #A6CD57 #57CD7E

monochromatic

#732783 #9D35B2 #B957CD #CD86DB #E0B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B957CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B957CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957CD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957CD	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.193 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdd',
    500: '#b957cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957cd;
$custom-light: #d18bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.831,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62348,
    "c": 0.19335,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957CD

secondary

#B0D8A8

accent

#DD4A63

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957CD

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

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