#B551CD#B551CD

#B551CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.200 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551CD
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 58.51, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 74.84, 321.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1521 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.2 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0165, 20.1178, 59.8898)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551CD #69CD51

analogous

#7751CD #B551CD #CD51A7

triadic

#B551CD #CDB551 #51CDB5

tetradic

#B551CD #CD7751 #69CD51 #51A7CD

square

#B551CD #CD7751 #69CD51 #51A7CD

split-complementary

#B551CD #A7CD51 #51CD77

monochromatic

#6E257F #9732AF #B551CD #C981DB #DDB0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B551CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B551CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551CD

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551CD	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3275D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.200 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88dd',
    500: '#b551cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551cd;
$custom-light: #ce88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61096,
    "c": 0.20021,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551CD

secondary

#ADD7A3

accent

#DF4966

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551CD

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

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