#B551DC#B551DC

#B551DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.215 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551DC
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 61.48, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 81.74, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1522 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.215 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9147, 20.8771, 69.8868)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551DC #78DC51

analogous

#7051DC #B551DC #DC51BE

triadic

#B551DC #DCB551 #51DCB5

tetradic

#B551DC #DC7051 #78DC51 #51BEDC

square

#B551DC #DC7051 #78DC51 #51BEDC

split-complementary

#B551DC #BEDC51 #51DC70

monochromatic

#731E95 #9B28C8 #B551DC #CB84E6 #E0B7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B551DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B551DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551DC

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551DC	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A78E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F81D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.215 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88e7',
    500: '#b551dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551dc;
$custom-light: #cf88e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.165,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6198,
    "c": 0.21452,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551DC

secondary

#B8E0A9

accent

#E93E6E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551DC

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

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