#B551DD#B551DD

#B551DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.215 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551DD
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 61.68, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 82.21, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1521 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.215 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0475, 20.9302, 70.5863)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551DD #79DD51

analogous

#6F51DD #B551DD #DD51BF

triadic

#B551DD #DDB551 #51DDB5

tetradic

#B551DD #DD6F51 #79DD51 #51BFDD

square

#B551DD #DD6F51 #79DD51 #51BFDD

split-complementary

#B551DD #BFDD51 #51DD6F

monochromatic

#741D96 #9B27C9 #B551DD #CB84E7 #E1B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B551DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B551DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551DD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551DD	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1778E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E81DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.215 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88e8',
    500: '#b551dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551dd;
$custom-light: #cf88e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62041,
    "c": 0.21548,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551DD

secondary

#B9E0AA

accent

#EA3E6F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551DD

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

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