#B550DE#B550DE

#B550DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.218 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550DE
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 222)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 64%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 62.33, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 83.18, 318.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1533 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.218 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1074, 20.8362, 71.2655)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550DE #79DE50

analogous

#6E50DE #B550DE #DE50C0

triadic

#B550DE #DEB550 #50DEB5

tetradic

#B550DE #DE6E50 #79DE50 #50C0DE

square

#B550DE #DE6E50 #79DE50 #50C0DE

split-complementary

#B550DE #C0DE50 #50DE6E

monochromatic

#741C97 #9B26CB #B550DE #CB83E8 #E1B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B550DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B550DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550DE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550DE	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1078E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.218 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf87e9',
    500: '#b550de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550de;
$custom-light: #cf87e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.676,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61985,
    "c": 0.21778,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550DE

secondary

#B9E1A9

accent

#EB3D6F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550DE

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

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