#B455E5#B455E5

#B455E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.218 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455E5
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 61.28, -57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 83.87, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1461 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.218 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2112, 21.8584, 76.4251)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455E5 #86E555

analogous

#6C55E5 #B455E5 #E555CE

triadic

#B455E5 #E5B455 #55E5B4

tetradic

#B455E5 #E56C55 #86E555 #55CEE5

square

#B455E5 #E56C55 #86E555 #55CEE5

split-complementary

#B455E5 #CEE555 #55E56C

monochromatic

#7619A6 #9C22DB #B455E5 #CB8AED #E3BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B455E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B455E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455E5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455E5	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.218 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8aee',
    500: '#b455e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455e5;
$custom-light: #ce8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.21754,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455E5

secondary

#C2E6B0

accent

#D61053

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455E5

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

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