#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
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 64.14, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 87.80, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1516 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.227 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7038, 21.5927, 79.3093)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##B551E9	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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