#B553EB#B553EB

#B553EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.226 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B553EB
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 235)
HSL	hsl(279, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 64.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 63.67, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 87.74, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1493 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.226 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1419, 22.0093, 80.8728)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B553EB #89EB53

analogous

#6953EB #B553EB #EB53D5

triadic

#B553EB #EBB553 #53EBB5

tetradic

#B553EB #EB6953 #89EB53 #53D5EB

square

#B553EB #EB6953 #89EB53 #53D5EB

split-complementary

#B553EB #D5EB53 #53EB69

monochromatic

#7814AF #9D1CE5 #B553EB #CD8AF1 #E4C1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B553EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#B553EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B553EB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B553EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B553EB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4283E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b553eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.226 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf89f2',
    500: '#b553eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b553eb;
$custom-light: #cf89f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b553eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63149,
    "c": 0.22645,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B553EB

secondary

#C5E9B1

accent

#DB0A54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B553EB

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

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