#B550DD#B550DD

#B550DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.217 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550DD
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 62.13, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 82.71, 318.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1533 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.217 315)
XYZ	xyz(34.9738, 20.7827, 70.5618)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550DD #78DD50

analogous

#6F50DD #B550DD #DD50BE

triadic

#B550DD #DDB550 #50DDB5

tetradic

#B550DD #DD6F50 #78DD50 #50BEDD

square

#B550DD #DD6F50 #78DD50 #50BEDD

split-complementary

#B550DD #BEDD50 #50DD6F

monochromatic

#731D96 #9B27C9 #B550DD #CB83E7 #E0B6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B550DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B550DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550DD

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550DD	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1378E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.217 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf87e8',
    500: '#b550dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550dd;
$custom-light: #cf87e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.979,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61924,
    "c": 0.21683,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.20782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550DD

secondary

#B8E0A9

accent

#EA3D6E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550DD

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

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