#B551BE#B551BE

#B551BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.186 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551BE
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 55.66, -39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 68.13, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1512 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.186 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2919, 19.4280, 50.8070)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B551BE #5ABE51

analogous

#7E51BE #B551BE #BE5190

triadic

#B551BE #BEB551 #51BEB5

tetradic

#B551BE #BE7E51 #5ABE51 #5190BE

square

#B551BE #BE7E51 #5ABE51 #5190BE

split-complementary

#B551BE #90BE51 #51BE7E

monochromatic

#67286C #913999 #B551BE #C87ECF #DBAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B551BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#B551BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551BE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551BE	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.186 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87d2',
    500: '#b551be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551be;
$custom-light: #ce87d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.046,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60268,
    "c": 0.18627,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551BE

secondary

#A2CD9E

accent

#D5535D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551BE

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

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