#B551E6#B551E6

#B551E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.224 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551E6
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 63.52, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 86.40, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1518 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.224 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2789, 21.4228, 77.0715)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551E6 #82E651

analogous

#6A51E6 #B551E6 #E651CD

triadic

#B551E6 #E6B551 #51E6B5

tetradic

#B551E6 #E66A51 #82E651 #51CDE6

square

#B551E6 #E66A51 #82E651 #51CDE6

split-complementary

#B551E6 #CDE651 #51E66A

monochromatic

#7618A5 #9D1FDA #B551E6 #CC87EE #E3BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B551E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B551E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551E6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551E6	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.224 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88ef',
    500: '#b551e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551e6;
$custom-light: #cf88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.268,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.22418,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551E6

secondary

#C0E5AD

accent

#D70E50

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551E6

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

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