#B553E7#B553E7

#B553E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.223 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B553E7
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 231)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 62.83, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 85.86, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1495 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.223 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5705, 21.7807, 77.8635)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B553E7 #85E753

analogous

#6B53E7 #B553E7 #E753CF

triadic

#B553E7 #E7B553 #53E7B5

tetradic

#B553E7 #E76B53 #85E753 #53CFE7

square

#B553E7 #E76B53 #85E753 #53CFE7

split-complementary

#B553E7 #CFE753 #53E76B

monochromatic

#7717A8 #9D1FDE #B553E7 #CC89EE #E3BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B553E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B553E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B553E7

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B553E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B553E7	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b553e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.223 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf89ef',
    500: '#b553e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b553e7;
$custom-light: #cf89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b553e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62895,
    "c": 0.22253,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B553E7

secondary

#C2E6AF

accent

#D80E52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B553E7

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

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