#B957F4#B957F4

#B957F4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.231 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B957F4
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 244)
HSL	hsl(277, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 64.62, -62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 89.99, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.1493 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.231 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7418, 23.6632, 88.0443)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B957F4 #92F457

analogous

#6A57F4 #B957F4 #F457E1

triadic

#B957F4 #F4B957 #57F4B9

tetradic

#B957F4 #F46A57 #92F457 #57E1F4

square

#B957F4 #F46A57 #92F457 #57E1F4

split-complementary

#B957F4 #E1F457 #57F46A

monochromatic

#7F0DC4 #A11EF0 #B957F4 #D190F8 #E9CAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B957F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B957F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B957F4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B957F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B957F4	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0081F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4287F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1779E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b957f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.231 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28cf8',
    500: '#b957f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b957f4;
$custom-light: #d28cf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b957f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.452,
    "s": 87.709,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64666,
    "c": 0.23138,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B957F4

secondary

#CDEEB9

accent

#E40157

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B957F4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →