#B550D6#B550D6

#B550D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.210 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550D6
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 214)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 60.72, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 79.48, 319.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1534 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.21 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0605, 20.4174, 65.7521)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550D6 #71D650

analogous

#7250D6 #B550D6 #D650B4

triadic

#B550D6 #D6B550 #50D6B5

tetradic

#B550D6 #D67250 #71D650 #50B4D6

square

#B550D6 #D67250 #71D650 #50B4D6

split-complementary

#B550D6 #B4D650 #50D672

monochromatic

#71218B #992CBD #B550D6 #CA82E2 #DFB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B550D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B550D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550D6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550D6	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2376DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5380D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4688C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.210 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87e3',
    500: '#b550d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550d6;
$custom-light: #ce87e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.224,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61501,
    "c": 0.21015,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550D6

secondary

#B3DCA6

accent

#E5436B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550D6

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

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