#B957DD#B957DD

#B957DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.209 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957DD
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 59.87, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 79.22, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1499 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.209 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4649, 22.3524, 70.7862)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957DD #7BDD57

analogous

#7657DD #B957DD #DD57BE

triadic

#B957DD #DDB957 #57DDB9

tetradic

#B957DD #DD7657 #7BDD57 #57BEDD

square

#B957DD #DD7657 #7BDD57 #57BEDD

split-complementary

#B957DD #BEDD57 #57DD76

monochromatic

#791F9A #A12ACD #B957DD #CE8AE7 #E3BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B957DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B957DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957DD

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957DD	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.209 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ce8',
    500: '#b957dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957dd;
$custom-light: #d18ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63256,
    "c": 0.20878,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957DD

secondary

#BCE1AE

accent

#CE1748

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957DD

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

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