#B550AA#B550AA

#B550AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.170 H 331.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550AA
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(307, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 52.58, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 60.25, 330.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1501 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.17 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1803, 18.4653, 40.0496)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550AA #50B55B

analogous

#8D50B5 #B550AA #B55077

triadic

#B550AA #AAB550 #50AAB5

tetradic

#B550AA #B58D50 #50B55B #5077B5

square

#B550AA #B58D50 #50B55B #5077B5

split-complementary

#B550AA #77B550 #50B58D

monochromatic

#61295B #8C3B84 #B550AA #C77BBF #D9A6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B550AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B550AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550AA

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550AA	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.170 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce86c3',
    500: '#b550aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550aa;
$custom-light: #ce86c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.535,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59129,
    "c": 0.17025,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550AA

secondary

#9AC79F

accent

#D06557

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140B12

muted

#827C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550AA

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

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