#B551E9#B551E9

#B551E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.227 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B551E9
RGBrgb(181, 81, 233)
HSLhsl(279, 78%, 62%)
HSVhsv(279, 65%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(53.59, 64.14, -59.96)
CIE-LCHlch(53.59, 87.80, 316.93°)
OKLaboklab(62.79% 0.1516 -0.1691)
OKLCHoklch(62.79% 0.227 311.9)
XYZxyz(36.7038, 21.5927, 79.3093)
Luminance0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B551E9 #85E951
analogous
#6951E9 #B551E9 #E951D1
triadic
#B551E9 #E9B551 #51E9B5
tetradic
#B551E9 #E96951 #85E951 #51D1E9
square
#B551E9 #E96951 #85E951 #51D1E9
split-complementary
#B551E9 #D1E951 #51E969
monochromatic
#7716AA #9D1CE0 #B551E9 #CC87F0 #E3BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95
#B551E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32
#B551E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551E9
5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B551E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B551E91.003.955.325.32
#FFFFFF3.951.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3221.001.001.00
##0000005.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#007BEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4282E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF7096
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b551e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.227 311.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88f1',
    500: '#b551e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b551e9;
$custom-light: #cf88f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b551e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62789,
    "c": 0.22708,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B551E9
secondary
#C2E7AF
accent
#DA0C52
background
#FDF8FE
surface
#FAF0FD
border
#D3CBD5
text
#140C17
muted
#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551E9

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#B551E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva