#B550ED#B550ED

#B550ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.232 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B550ED
RGBrgb(181, 80, 237)
HSLhsl(279, 81%, 62%)
HSVhsv(279, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(23.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(53.68, 65.41, -62.06)
CIE-LCHlch(53.68, 90.17, 316.50°)
OKLaboklab(62.93% 0.1524 -0.1752)
OKLCHoklch(62.93% 0.232 311)
XYZxyz(37.2079, 21.6764, 82.3282)
Luminance0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B550ED #88ED50
analogous
#6750ED #B550ED #ED50D6
triadic
#B550ED #EDB550 #50EDB5
tetradic
#B550ED #ED6750 #88ED50 #50D6ED
square
#B550ED #ED6750 #88ED50 #50D6ED
split-complementary
#B550ED #D6ED50 #50ED67
monochromatic
#7812B0 #9E19E7 #B550ED #CC87F3 #E4BFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94
#B550ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34
#B550ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B550ED
5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B550ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B550ED1.003.945.345.34
#FFFFFF3.941.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3421.001.001.00
##0000005.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#007CF2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C82E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AE7098
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b550ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.232 311.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88f4',
    500: '#b550ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b550ed;
$custom-light: #cf88f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b550ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.599,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62933,
    "c": 0.23223,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.21676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B550ED
secondary
#C4E9B0
accent
#DE0854
background
#FDF8FF
surface
#FAF0FE
border
#D3CBD6
text
#140C17
muted
#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B550ED

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

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#B550ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva