#B550D5#B550D5

#B550D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.209 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550D5
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 213)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 62.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 60.53, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 79.02, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1534 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.209 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9332, 20.3665, 65.0816)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550D5 #70D550

analogous

#7350D5 #B550D5 #D550B2

triadic

#B550D5 #D5B550 #50D5B5

tetradic

#B550D5 #D57350 #70D550 #50B2D5

square

#B550D5 #D57350 #70D550 #50B2D5

split-complementary

#B550D5 #B2D550 #50D573

monochromatic

#70218A #992DBB #B550D5 #CA81E1 #DFB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B550D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B550D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550D5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550D5	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2576D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.209 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87e2',
    500: '#b550d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550d5;
$custom-light: #ce87e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.564,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61441,
    "c": 0.20919,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550D5

secondary

#B2DBA6

accent

#E4436A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550D5

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

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