#B455EE#B455EE

#B455EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.227 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B455EE
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 63.18, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 88.13, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1457 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.227 310)
XYZ	xyz(37.5005, 22.3741, 83.2155)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B455EE #8FEE55

analogous

#6755EE #B455EE #EE55DB

triadic

#B455EE #EEB455 #55EEB4

tetradic

#B455EE #EE6755 #8FEE55 #55DBEE

square

#B455EE #EE6755 #8FEE55 #55DBEE

split-complementary

#B455EE #DBEE55 #55EE67

monochromatic

#7812B6 #9B1DE8 #B455EE #CD8DF4 #E5C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B455EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B455EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B455EE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B455EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B455EE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b455ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.227 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf4',
    500: '#b455ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b455ee;
$custom-light: #cf8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b455ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.255,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63458,
    "c": 0.2265,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.22373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B455EE

secondary

#C9EBB4

accent

#DE0759

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B455EE

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

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