#B551E7#B551E7

#B551E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.225 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551E7
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 231)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 63.72, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 86.87, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1517 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.225 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4197, 21.4791, 77.8132)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551E7 #83E751

analogous

#6A51E7 #B551E7 #E751CE

triadic

#B551E7 #E7B551 #51E7B5

tetradic

#B551E7 #E76A51 #83E751 #51CEE7

square

#B551E7 #E76A51 #83E751 #51CEE7

split-complementary

#B551E7 #CEE751 #51E76A

monochromatic

#7717A7 #9D1EDC #B551E7 #CC87EE #E3BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B551E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B551E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551E7

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551E7	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4482E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.225 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88ef',
    500: '#b551e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551e7;
$custom-light: #cf88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.22515,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551E7

secondary

#C1E6AE

accent

#D80E51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551E7

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

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