#B957DA#B957DA

#B957DA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.206 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957DA
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 218)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 60.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 59.27, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 77.83, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1499 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.206 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0688, 22.1940, 68.7000)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957DA #78DA57

analogous

#7757DA #B957DA #DA57BA

triadic

#B957DA #DAB957 #57DAB9

tetradic

#B957DA #DA7757 #78DA57 #57BADA

square

#B957DA #DA7757 #78DA57 #57BADA

split-complementary

#B957DA #BADA57 #57DA77

monochromatic

#782196 #A12CC8 #B957DA #CE89E5 #E3BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B957DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B957DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957DA

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957DA	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.206 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ce6',
    500: '#b957da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957da;
$custom-light: #d18ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.885,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63081,
    "c": 0.20585,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957DA

secondary

#BAE0AD

accent

#E7416B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957DA

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

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