#B455E9#B455E9

#B455E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.222 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455E9
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 62.12, -59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 85.76, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.1459 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.222 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7761, 22.0843, 79.4004)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455E9 #8AE955

analogous

#6A55E9 #B455E9 #E955D4

triadic

#B455E9 #E9B455 #55E9B4

tetradic

#B455E9 #E96A55 #8AE955 #55D4E9

square

#B455E9 #E96A55 #8AE955 #55D4E9

split-complementary

#B455E9 #D4E955 #55E96A

monochromatic

#7716AD #9C1FE2 #B455E9 #CC8BF0 #E4C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B455E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B455E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455E9

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455E9	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.222 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8af1',
    500: '#b455e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455e9;
$custom-light: #ce8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.514,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6314,
    "c": 0.22152,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455E9

secondary

#C5E8B2

accent

#D90C56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455E9

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

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