#B550E6#B550E6

#B550E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.225 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B550E6
RGBrgb(181, 80, 230)
HSLhsl(280, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(280, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(21.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(53.25, 63.96, -58.83)
CIE-LCHlch(53.25, 86.90, 317.39°)
OKLaboklab(62.48% 0.1529 -0.1657)
OKLCHoklch(62.48% 0.225 312.7)
XYZxyz(36.2051, 21.2753, 77.0469)
Luminance0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B550E6 #81E650
analogous
#6A50E6 #B550E6 #E650CC
triadic
#B550E6 #E6B550 #50E6B5
tetradic
#B550E6 #E66A50 #81E650 #50CCE6
square
#B550E6 #E66A50 #81E650 #50CCE6
split-complementary
#B550E6 #CCE650 #50E66A
monochromatic
#7617A4 #9D1FDA #B550E6 #CC86EE #E2BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00
#B550E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25
#B550E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550E6
5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B550E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B550E61.004.005.255.25
#FFFFFF4.001.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2521.001.001.00
##0000005.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#007AEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4481E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B06E94
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b550e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.225 312.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88ef',
    500: '#b550e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b550e6;
$custom-light: #cf88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b550e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62484,
    "c": 0.22547,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B550E6
secondary
#BFE5AC
accent
#D70E50
background
#FDF8FE
surface
#FAF0FD
border
#D3CBD5
text
#140C16
muted
#837D84

Preview Lab

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#B550E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva