#B957CF#B957CF

#B957CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.195 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957CF
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 57.10, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 72.79, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1495 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.195 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6769, 21.6372, 61.3692)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957CF #6DCF57

analogous

#7D57CF #B957CF #CF57A9

triadic

#B957CF #CFB957 #57CFB9

tetradic

#B957CF #CF7D57 #6DCF57 #57A9CF

square

#B957CF #CF7D57 #6DCF57 #57A9CF

split-complementary

#B957CF #A9CF57 #57CF7D

monochromatic

#742685 #9D34B5 #B957CF #CD87DD #E1B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B957CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B957CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957CF

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957CF	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D79D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.195 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18bde',
    500: '#b957cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957cf;
$custom-light: #d18bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.19525,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957CF

secondary

#B2D9A9

accent

#DF4964

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957CF

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

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