#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
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 63.96, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 86.90, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1529 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.225 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2051, 21.2753, 77.0469)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##B550E6	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B550E6

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

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