#B551CA#B551CA

#B551CA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.197 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551CA
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 202)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 57.93, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 73.48, 322.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.152 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.197 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6579, 19.9744, 58.0009)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551CA #66CA51

analogous

#7851CA #B551CA #CA51A2

triadic

#B551CA #CAB551 #51CAB5

tetradic

#B551CA #CA7851 #66CA51 #51A2CA

square

#B551CA #CA7851 #66CA51 #51A2CA

split-complementary

#B551CA #A2CA51 #51CA78

monochromatic

#6C257B #9534AA #B551CA #C980D8 #DDAFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B551CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B551CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551CA

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551CA	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3574CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.197 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce87da',
    500: '#b551ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551ca;
$custom-light: #ce87da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.587,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60925,
    "c": 0.19739,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551CA

secondary

#ABD5A2

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551CA

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

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