#B957F0#B957F0

#B957F0 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.227 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957F0
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 240)
HSL	hsl(278, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 63.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 63.78, -60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 88.11, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1495 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.227 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1410, 23.4229, 84.8803)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957F0 #8EF057

analogous

#6D57F0 #B957F0 #F057DB

triadic

#B957F0 #F0B957 #57F0B9

tetradic

#B957F0 #F06D57 #8EF057 #57DBF0

square

#B957F0 #F06D57 #8EF057 #57DBF0

split-complementary

#B957F0 #DBF057 #57F06D

monochromatic

#7E11BC #A21FEB #B957F0 #D08FF5 #E8C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B957F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B957F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957F0

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957F0	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4687EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2759C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.227 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf6',
    500: '#b957f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957f0;
$custom-light: #d28cf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.431,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64412,
    "c": 0.22743,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957F0

secondary

#CAECB7

accent

#E00554

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957F0

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

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