#B551BB#B551BB

#B551BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.184 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551BB
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(297, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 55.11, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 66.82, 325.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.151 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.184 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9674, 19.2982, 49.0979)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551BB #57BB51

analogous

#8051BB #B551BB #BB518C

triadic

#B551BB #BBB551 #51BBB5

tetradic

#B551BB #BB8051 #57BB51 #518CBB

square

#B551BB #BB8051 #57BB51 #518CBB

split-complementary

#B551BB #8CBB51 #51BB80

monochromatic

#652969 #903A95 #B551BB #C87DCC #DAA9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B551BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B551BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551BB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551BB	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4272BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.184 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87d0',
    500: '#b551bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551bb;
$custom-light: #ce87d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.604,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6011,
    "c": 0.18354,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551BB

secondary

#9FCB9D

accent

#D4545B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551BB

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

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