#B555AE#B555AE

#B555AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.166 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555AE
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(304, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 50.88, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 59.11, 329.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1439 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.166 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9443, 19.3786, 42.1994)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555AE #55B55C

analogous

#8C55B5 #B555AE #B5557E

triadic

#B555AE #AEB555 #55AEB5

tetradic

#B555AE #B58C55 #55B55C #557EB5

square

#B555AE #B58C55 #55B55C #557EB5

split-complementary

#B555AE #7EB555 #55B58C

monochromatic

#642C60 #8F3E89 #B555AE #C880C2 #DAAAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B555AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B555AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555AE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555AE	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5071B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.166 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89c6',
    500: '#b555ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555ae;
$custom-light: #cd89c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.375,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59977,
    "c": 0.16575,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555AE

secondary

#9EC8A1

accent

#CF6159

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555AE

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

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