#B957EE#B957EE

#B957EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.225 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957EE
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 63.36, -59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 87.17, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1496 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.225 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8456, 23.3047, 83.3243)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957EE #8CEE57

analogous

#6D57EE #B957EE #EE57D8

triadic

#B957EE #EEB957 #57EEB9

tetradic

#B957EE #EE6D57 #8CEE57 #57D8EE

square

#B957EE #EE6D57 #8CEE57 #57D8EE

split-complementary

#B957EE #D8EE57 #57EE6D

monochromatic

#7E13B8 #A21FE8 #B957EE #D08FF4 #E7C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B957EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B957EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957EE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957EE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4887EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.225 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf4',
    500: '#b957ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957ee;
$custom-light: #d28cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.94,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64287,
    "c": 0.22546,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957EE

secondary

#C8EBB6

accent

#DE0853

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957EE

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

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