#B550E8#B550E8

#B550E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.227 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B550E8
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 65.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 64.37, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 87.83, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1528 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.227 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4876, 21.3882, 78.5345)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B550E8 #83E850

analogous

#6950E8 #B550E8 #E850CF

triadic

#B550E8 #E8B550 #50E8B5

tetradic

#B550E8 #E86950 #83E850 #50CFE8

square

#B550E8 #E86950 #83E850 #50CFE8

split-complementary

#B550E8 #CFE850 #50E869

monochromatic

#7716A8 #9D1DDE #B550E8 #CC86EF #E3BCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B550E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B550E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550E8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B550E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B550E8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b550e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.227 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88f0',
    500: '#b550e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b550e8;
$custom-light: #cf88f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b550e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.868,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62611,
    "c": 0.22741,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B550E8

secondary

#C1E6AD

accent

#D90D51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550E8

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

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