#B551BC#B551BC

#B551BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.184 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551BC
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 55.30, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 67.26, 325.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1511 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.184 325)
XYZ	xyz(31.0749, 19.3412, 49.6636)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551BC #58BC51

analogous

#8051BC #B551BC #BC518D

triadic

#B551BC #BCB551 #51BCB5

tetradic

#B551BC #BC8051 #58BC51 #518DBC

square

#B551BC #BC8051 #58BC51 #518DBC

split-complementary

#B551BC #8DBC51 #51BC80

monochromatic

#66296A #903A96 #B551BC #C87DCD #DBA9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B551BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B551BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551BC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551BC	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4272BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.184 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87d0',
    500: '#b551bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551bc;
$custom-light: #ce87d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.075,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60162,
    "c": 0.18445,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.19339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551BC

secondary

#A0CC9D

accent

#D4545C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551BC

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

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