#B455E6#B455E6

#B455E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.219 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455E6
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 61.49, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 84.34, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1461 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.219 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3512, 21.9144, 77.1625)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455E6 #87E655

analogous

#6C55E6 #B455E6 #E655D0

triadic

#B455E6 #E6B455 #55E6B4

tetradic

#B455E6 #E66C55 #87E655 #55D0E6

square

#B455E6 #E66C55 #87E655 #55D0E6

split-complementary

#B455E6 #D0E655 #55E66C

monochromatic

#7719A8 #9C21DD #B455E6 #CC8AEE #E3C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B455E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B455E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455E6

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455E6	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.219 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8aef',
    500: '#b455e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455e6;
$custom-light: #ce8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.21854,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455E6

secondary

#C3E6B1

accent

#D60F54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455E6

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

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