#B155DD#B155DD

#B155DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.209 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B155DD
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 58.92, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 80.02, 317.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1426 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.209 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4288, 21.0655, 70.6450)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B155DD #81DD55

analogous

#6D55DD #B155DD #DD55C5

triadic

#B155DD #DDB155 #55DDB1

tetradic

#B155DD #DD6D55 #81DD55 #55C5DD

square

#B155DD #DD6D55 #81DD55 #55C5DD

split-complementary

#B155DD #C5DD55 #55DD6D

monochromatic

#711F99 #9729CC #B155DD #C888E7 #E0BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#B155DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#B155DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B155DD

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B155DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B155DD	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b155dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.209 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8ae8',
    500: '#b155dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b155dd;
$custom-light: #cc8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b155dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.20851,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B155DD

secondary

#BEE1AD

accent

#EA3E76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B155DD

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

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