#B957EB#B957EB

#B957EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.223 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957EB
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(280, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 62.74, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 85.76, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.1497 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.223 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4085, 23.1298, 81.0224)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957EB #89EB57

analogous

#6F57EB #B957EB #EB57D3

triadic

#B957EB #EBB957 #57EBB9

tetradic

#B957EB #EB6F57 #89EB57 #57D3EB

square

#B957EB #EB6F57 #89EB57 #57D3EB

split-complementary

#B957EB #D3EB57 #57EB6F

monochromatic

#7D15B2 #A220E4 #B957EB #D08EF2 #E7C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B957EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B957EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957EB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957EB	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.223 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf2',
    500: '#b957eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957eb;
$custom-light: #d28cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.641,
    "c": 0.2225,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957EB

secondary

#C6E9B4

accent

#DB0A51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957EB

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

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