#B551BA#B551BA

#B551BA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.183 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551BA
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 186)
HSL	hsl(297, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 56.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 54.93, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 66.39, 325.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1509 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.183 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8608, 19.2555, 48.5360)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551BA #56BA51

analogous

#8151BA #B551BA #BA518A

triadic

#B551BA #BAB551 #51BAB5

tetradic

#B551BA #BA8151 #56BA51 #518ABA

square

#B551BA #BA8151 #56BA51 #518ABA

split-complementary

#B551BA #8ABA51 #51BA81

monochromatic

#652968 #8F3A93 #B551BA #C87DCB #DAA9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#B551BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#B551BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551BA

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551BA	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4371BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.183 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87cf',
    500: '#b551ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551ba;
$custom-light: #ce87cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551BA

secondary

#9FCA9D

accent

#D3555B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551BA

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

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