#B551CE#B551CE

#B551CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.201 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551CE
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 58.70, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 75.30, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1521 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.201 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1376, 20.1663, 60.5275)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551CE #6ACE51

analogous

#7751CE #B551CE #CE51A9

triadic

#B551CE #CEB551 #51CEB5

tetradic

#B551CE #CE7751 #6ACE51 #51A9CE

square

#B551CE #CE7751 #6ACE51 #51A9CE

split-complementary

#B551CE #A9CE51 #51CE77

monochromatic

#6E2480 #9732B0 #B551CE #C981DB #DEB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B551CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B551CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551CE

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551CE	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.201 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88dd',
    500: '#b551ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551ce;
$custom-light: #ce88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61153,
    "c": 0.20116,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551CE

secondary

#AED7A4

accent

#DF4867

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551CE

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

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