#B455E8#B455E8

#B455E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.221 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455E8
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 61.91, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 85.29, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.146 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.221 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6337, 22.0274, 78.6502)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455E8 #89E855

analogous

#6B55E8 #B455E8 #E855D2

triadic

#B455E8 #E8B455 #55E8B4

tetradic

#B455E8 #E86B55 #89E855 #55D2E8

square

#B455E8 #E86B55 #89E855 #55D2E8

split-complementary

#B455E8 #D2E855 #55E86B

monochromatic

#7717AB #9C1FE1 #B455E8 #CC8BEF #E4C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B455E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B455E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455E8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455E8	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.221 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8af0',
    500: '#b455e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455e8;
$custom-light: #ce8af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.776,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63077,
    "c": 0.22053,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455E8

secondary

#C5E7B1

accent

#D80D55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455E8

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

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