#B550DB#B550DB

#B550DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.215 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550DB
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 219)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 63.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 61.72, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 81.79, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1533 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.215 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7089, 20.6768, 69.1668)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550DB #76DB50

analogous

#6F50DB #B550DB #DB50BB

triadic

#B550DB #DBB550 #50DBB5

tetradic

#B550DB #DB6F50 #76DB50 #50BBDB

square

#B550DB #DB6F50 #76DB50 #50BBDB

split-complementary

#B550DB #BBDB50 #50DB6F

monochromatic

#731E92 #9A29C5 #B550DB #CA83E5 #E0B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B550DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B550DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550DB

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550DB	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1978DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.215 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf87e7',
    500: '#b550db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550db;
$custom-light: #cf87e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.597,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61802,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550DB

secondary

#B7DFA8

accent

#E93F6D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550DB

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

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