#B957E8#B957E8

#B957E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.220 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957E8
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 62.11, -57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 84.35, 317.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1498 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.22 313)
XYZ	xyz(37.9787, 22.9579, 78.7590)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957E8 #86E857

analogous

#7157E8 #B957E8 #E857CE

triadic

#B957E8 #E8B957 #57E8B9

tetradic

#B957E8 #E87157 #86E857 #57CEE8

square

#B957E8 #E87157 #86E857 #57CEE8

split-complementary

#B957E8 #CEE857 #57E871

monochromatic

#7D18AD #A321E1 #B957E8 #CF8DEF #E6C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B957E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B957E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957E8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957E8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.220 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf0',
    500: '#b957e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957e8;
$custom-light: #d28cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.552,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63916,
    "c": 0.21955,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.22957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957E8

secondary

#C4E8B3

accent

#D80D4F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957E8

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

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