#B553EE#B553EE

#B553EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.229 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B553EE
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 64.30, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 89.15, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1491 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.229 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5790, 22.1841, 83.1747)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B553EE #8CEE53

analogous

#6753EE #B553EE #EE53DA

triadic

#B553EE #EEB553 #53EEB5

tetradic

#B553EE #EE6753 #8CEE53 #53DAEE

square

#B553EE #EE6753 #8CEE53 #53DAEE

split-complementary

#B553EE #DAEE53 #53EE67

monochromatic

#7912B5 #9D1BE8 #B553EE #CD8BF4 #E5C2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B553EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B553EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B553EE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B553EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B553EE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b553ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.229 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8af4',
    500: '#b553ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b553ee;
$custom-light: #cf8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b553ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.935,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.22939,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B553EE

secondary

#C7EAB2

accent

#DE0756

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B553EE

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

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