#B551EC#B551EC

#B551EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.230 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551EC
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 236)
HSL	hsl(279, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 64.76, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 89.21, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1514 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.23 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1360, 21.7656, 81.5855)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551EC #88EC51

analogous

#6851EC #B551EC #EC51D5

triadic

#B551EC #ECB551 #51ECB5

tetradic

#B551EC #EC6851 #88EC51 #51D5EC

square

#B551EC #EC6851 #88EC51 #51D5EC

split-complementary

#B551EC #D5EC51 #51EC68

monochromatic

#7813AF #9E1AE6 #B551EC #CC88F2 #E4BFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B551EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B551EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551EC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551EC	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.230 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf88f3',
    500: '#b551ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551ec;
$custom-light: #cf88f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62982,
    "c": 0.23,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551EC

secondary

#C4E9B0

accent

#DD0954

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551EC

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

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