#B957F2#B957F2

#B957F2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.229 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957F2
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 242)
HSL	hsl(278, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 64%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 64.20, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 89.05, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1494 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.229 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4397, 23.5423, 86.4537)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957F2 #90F257

analogous

#6B57F2 #B957F2 #F257DE

triadic

#B957F2 #F2B957 #57F2B9

tetradic

#B957F2 #F26B57 #90F257 #57DEF2

square

#B957F2 #F26B57 #90F257 #57DEF2

split-complementary

#B957F2 #DEF257 #57F26B

monochromatic

#7F0FC0 #A11EEE #B957F2 #D190F6 #E8C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B957F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B957F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957F2

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957F2	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4487EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2769D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.229 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf7',
    500: '#b957f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957f2;
$custom-light: #d28cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.935,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64539,
    "c": 0.22941,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957F2

secondary

#CBEDB8

accent

#E20355

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957F2

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

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