#B455E0#B455E0

#B455E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.213 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455E0
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 60.24, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 81.51, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1462 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.213 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5231, 21.5831, 72.8012)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455E0 #81E055

analogous

#6E55E0 #B455E0 #E055C6

triadic

#B455E0 #E0B455 #55E0B4

tetradic

#B455E0 #E06E55 #81E055 #55C6E0

square

#B455E0 #E06E55 #81E055 #55C6E0

split-complementary

#B455E0 #C6E055 #55E06E

monochromatic

#751D9E #9B26D2 #B455E0 #CB89E9 #E2BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B455E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B455E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455E0

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455E0	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.213 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8aea',
    500: '#b455e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455e0;
$custom-light: #ce8aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.007,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62582,
    "c": 0.21259,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455E0

secondary

#BFE3AE

accent

#D11450

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455E0

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

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