#B553DD#B553DD

#B553DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.213 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B553DD
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 60.77, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 81.18, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1498 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.213 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1983, 21.2319, 70.6366)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B553DD #7BDD53

analogous

#7053DD #B553DD #DD53C0

triadic

#B553DD #DDB553 #53DDB5

tetradic

#B553DD #DD7053 #7BDD53 #53C0DD

square

#B553DD #DD7053 #7BDD53 #53C0DD

split-complementary

#B553DD #C0DD53 #53DD70

monochromatic

#741E98 #9C28CB #B553DD #CB86E7 #E1B9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B553DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B553DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B553DD

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B553DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B553DD	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b553dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.213 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf89e8',
    500: '#b553dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b553dd;
$custom-light: #cf89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b553dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62279,
    "c": 0.21277,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B553DD

secondary

#BBE1AB

accent

#EA3E70

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B553DD

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

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