#B555AA#B555AA

#B555AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.162 H 331.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555AA
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(307, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 50.19, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 57.48, 330.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1432 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.162 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5601, 19.2250, 40.1762)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555AA #55B560

analogous

#9055B5 #B555AA #B5557A

triadic

#B555AA #AAB555 #55AAB5

tetradic

#B555AA #B59055 #55B560 #557AB5

square

#B555AA #B59055 #55B560 #557AB5

split-complementary

#B555AA #7AB555 #55B590

monochromatic

#642C5E #8F3E85 #B555AA #C880BF #DAAAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#B555AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B555AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555AA

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555AA	1.00	4.33	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5271AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.162 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89c3',
    500: '#b555aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555aa;
$custom-light: #cd89c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.875,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555AA

secondary

#9EC8A3

accent

#CF6659

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555AA

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

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