#B551E1#B551E1

#B551E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.219 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551E1
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 62.49, -56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 84.07, 318.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.152 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.219 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5868, 21.1460, 73.4265)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551E1 #7DE151

analogous

#6D51E1 #B551E1 #E151C5

triadic

#B551E1 #E1B551 #51E1B5

tetradic

#B551E1 #E16D51 #7DE151 #51C5E1

square

#B551E1 #E16D51 #7DE151 #51C5E1

split-complementary

#B551E1 #C5E151 #51E16D

monochromatic

#751B9D #9C24D1 #B551E1 #CB85EA #E1B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B551E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B551E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551E1

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551E1	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0979E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A81DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.219 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88eb',
    500: '#b551e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551e1;
$custom-light: #cf88eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62287,
    "c": 0.21934,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551E1

secondary

#BCE3AB

accent

#ED3A71

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551E1

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

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