#B957CE#B957CE

#B957CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.194 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957CE
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 56.91, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 72.34, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1494 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.194 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5550, 21.5884, 60.7274)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957CE #6CCE57

analogous

#7E57CE #B957CE #CE57A7

triadic

#B957CE #CEB957 #57CEB9

tetradic

#B957CE #CE7E57 #6CCE57 #57A7CE

square

#B957CE #CE7E57 #6CCE57 #57A7CE

split-complementary

#B957CE #A7CE57 #57CE7E

monochromatic

#742784 #9D34B3 #B957CE #CD86DC #E0B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B957CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B957CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957CE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957CE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.194 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bdd',
    500: '#b957ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957ce;
$custom-light: #d18bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62403,
    "c": 0.1943,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957CE

secondary

#B1D8A8

accent

#DE4A64

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957CE

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

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