#B455E4#B455E4

#B455E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.217 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455E4
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 61.07, -56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 83.40, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1461 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.217 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0720, 21.8027, 75.6919)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455E4 #85E455

analogous

#6D55E4 #B455E4 #E455CD

triadic

#B455E4 #E4B455 #55E4B4

tetradic

#B455E4 #E46D55 #85E455 #55CDE4

square

#B455E4 #E46D55 #85E455 #55CDE4

split-complementary

#B455E4 #CDE455 #55E46D

monochromatic

#761AA4 #9C23D9 #B455E4 #CB8AEC #E3BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B455E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B455E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455E4

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455E4	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.217 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8aed',
    500: '#b455e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455e4;
$custom-light: #ce8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.86,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62828,
    "c": 0.21655,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455E4

secondary

#C2E5B0

accent

#D51153

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455E4

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

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