#B550E1#B550E1

#B550E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.221 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550E1
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 225)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 64.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 62.94, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 84.57, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1531 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.221 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5130, 20.9984, 73.4019)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550E1 #7CE150

analogous

#6C50E1 #B550E1 #E150C5

triadic

#B550E1 #E1B550 #50E1B5

tetradic

#B550E1 #E16C50 #7CE150 #50C5E1

square

#B550E1 #E16C50 #7CE150 #50C5E1

split-complementary

#B550E1 #C5E150 #50E16C

monochromatic

#751B9C #9C24D0 #B550E1 #CB84EA #E1B8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B550E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B550E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550E1

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550E1	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0279E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.221 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf87eb',
    500: '#b550e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550e1;
$custom-light: #cf87eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.793,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.22067,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550E1

secondary

#BBE2AA

accent

#ED3A71

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550E1

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

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