#B551FF#B551FF

#B551FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.248 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B551FF
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 255)
HSL	hsl(274, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 68.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 68.80, -69.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 98.13, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1495 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.248 307)
XYZ	xyz(40.0446, 22.9291, 96.9045)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B551FF #9BFF51

analogous

#5E51FF #B551FF #FF51F2

triadic

#B551FF #FFB551 #51FFB5

tetradic

#B551FF #FF5E51 #9BFF51 #51F2FF

square

#B551FF #FF5E51 #9BFF51 #51F2FF

split-complementary

#B551FF #F2FF51 #51FF5E

monochromatic

#7B00D6 #9B14FF #B551FF #CF8EFF #E9CBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B551FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B551FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B551FF

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B551FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B551FF	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D84FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A978A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b551ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.248 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d089ff',
    500: '#b551ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b551ff;
$custom-light: #d089ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b551ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.24848,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.22929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B551FF

secondary

#D2F3B9

accent

#E60062

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B551FF

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

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