#B957DE#B957DE

#B957DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.210 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957DE
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 60.07, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 79.69, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1499 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.21 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5985, 22.4059, 71.4900)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957DE #7CDE57

analogous

#7657DE #B957DE #DE57BF

triadic

#B957DE #DEB957 #57DEB9

tetradic

#B957DE #DE7657 #7CDE57 #57BFDE

square

#B957DE #DE7657 #7CDE57 #57BFDE

split-complementary

#B957DE #BFDE57 #57DE76

monochromatic

#7A1F9C #A229CF #B957DE #CE8AE8 #E4BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B957DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B957DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957DE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957DE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.210 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ce9',
    500: '#b957de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957de;
$custom-light: #d18ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63315,
    "c": 0.20975,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957DE

secondary

#BDE2AF

accent

#CF1649

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957DE

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

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