#B957DB#B957DB

#B957DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.207 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957DB
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 59.47, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 78.29, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1499 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.207 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2000, 22.2465, 69.3912)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957DB #79DB57

analogous

#7757DB #B957DB #DB57BB

triadic

#B957DB #DBB957 #57DBB9

tetradic

#B957DB #DB7757 #79DB57 #57BBDB

square

#B957DB #DB7757 #79DB57 #57BBDB

split-complementary

#B957DB #BBDB57 #57DB77

monochromatic

#792097 #A12BCA #B957DB #CE89E6 #E3BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B957DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B957DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957DB

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957DB	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.207 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ce7',
    500: '#b957db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957db;
$custom-light: #d18ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63139,
    "c": 0.20683,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957DB

secondary

#BBE0AD

accent

#E8406B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957DB

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

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