#B553CC#B553CC

#B553CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.196 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B553CC
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 204)
HSL	hsl(289, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 57.39, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 73.33, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1496 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.196 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0470, 20.3713, 59.3064)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B553CC #6ACC53

analogous

#7953CC #B553CC #CC53A7

triadic

#B553CC #CCB553 #53CCB5

tetradic

#B553CC #CC7953 #6ACC53 #53A7CC

square

#B553CC #CC7953 #6ACC53 #53A7CC

split-complementary

#B553CC #A7CC53 #53CC79

monochromatic

#6E267F #9734AE #B553CC #C982DA #DEB1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B553CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B553CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B553CC

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B553CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B553CC	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3776D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b553cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.196 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce89dc',
    500: '#b553cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b553cc;
$custom-light: #ce89dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b553cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.595,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61285,
    "c": 0.19639,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B553CC

secondary

#AED6A4

accent

#DE4A66

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B553CC

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

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