#B957EC#B957EC

#B957EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.223 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957EC
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 63.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 62.94, -58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 86.23, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.1497 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.223 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5534, 23.1878, 81.7854)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957EC #8AEC57

analogous

#6E57EC #B957EC #EC57D4

triadic

#B957EC #ECB957 #57ECB9

tetradic

#B957EC #EC6E57 #8AEC57 #57D4EC

square

#B957EC #EC6E57 #8AEC57 #57D4EC

split-complementary

#B957EC #D4EC57 #57EC6E

monochromatic

#7E14B4 #A220E6 #B957EC #D08EF2 #E7C5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B957EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B957EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957EC

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957EC	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#087FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A86E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.223 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf3',
    500: '#b957ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957ec;
$custom-light: #d28cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.463,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.22349,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957EC

secondary

#C7EAB5

accent

#DC0A52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957EC

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

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