#B551E8#B551E8

#B551E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.226 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551E8
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 63.93, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 87.34, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.1517 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.226 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5613, 21.5358, 78.5591)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551E8 #84E851

analogous

#6A51E8 #B551E8 #E851D0

triadic

#B551E8 #E8B551 #51E8B5

tetradic

#B551E8 #E86A51 #84E851 #51D0E8

square

#B551E8 #E86A51 #84E851 #51D0E8

split-complementary

#B551E8 #D0E851 #51E86A

monochromatic

#7716A8 #9D1DDE #B551E8 #CC87EF #E3BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B551E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B551E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551E8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551E8	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.226 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88f0',
    500: '#b551e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551e8;
$custom-light: #cf88f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.735,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62726,
    "c": 0.22611,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551E8

secondary

#C1E7AE

accent

#D90D52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551E8

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

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