#B553E8#B553E8

#B553E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.224 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B553E8
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 64.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 63.04, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 86.33, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1495 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.224 312)
XYZ	xyz(36.7122, 21.8374, 78.6094)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B553E8 #86E853

analogous

#6B53E8 #B553E8 #E853D1

triadic

#B553E8 #E8B553 #53E8B5

tetradic

#B553E8 #E86B53 #86E853 #53D1E8

square

#B553E8 #E86B53 #86E853 #53D1E8

split-complementary

#B553E8 #D1E853 #53E86B

monochromatic

#7817AA #9D1EE0 #B553E8 #CC89EF #E3BFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B553E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B553E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B553E8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B553E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B553E8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b553e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.224 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf89f0',
    500: '#b553e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b553e8;
$custom-light: #cf89f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b553e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.463,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62958,
    "c": 0.2235,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.21836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B553E8

secondary

#C3E7B0

accent

#D90D53

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B553E8

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

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