#B550E4#B550E4

#B550E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.224 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550E4
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 228)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 63.55, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 85.97, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.153 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.224 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9259, 21.1636, 75.5762)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550E4 #7FE450

analogous

#6B50E4 #B550E4 #E450C9

triadic

#B550E4 #E4B550 #50E4B5

tetradic

#B550E4 #E46B50 #7FE450 #50C9E4

square

#B550E4 #E46B50 #7FE450 #50C9E4

split-complementary

#B550E4 #C9E450 #50E46B

monochromatic

#7619A1 #9C21D6 #B550E4 #CB85EC #E2BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B550E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B550E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550E4

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550E4	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.224 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88ed',
    500: '#b550e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550e4;
$custom-light: #cf88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.946,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62358,
    "c": 0.22355,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550E4

secondary

#BEE4AC

accent

#D5104F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →