#B551EA#B551EA

#B551EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.228 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551EA
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 234)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 64.35, -60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 88.27, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1516 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.228 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8470, 21.6500, 80.0638)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551EA #86EA51

analogous

#6951EA #B551EA #EA51D2

triadic

#B551EA #EAB551 #51EAB5

tetradic

#B551EA #EA6951 #86EA51 #51D2EA

square

#B551EA #EA6951 #86EA51 #51D2EA

split-complementary

#B551EA #D2EA51 #51EA69

monochromatic

#7815AC #9D1BE2 #B551EA #CC88F1 #E3BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B551EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B551EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551EA

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551EA	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4182E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.228 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88f1',
    500: '#b551ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551ea;
$custom-light: #cf88f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.216,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62853,
    "c": 0.22806,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551EA

secondary

#C3E8AF

accent

#DB0B53

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551EA

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

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