#B555BB#B555BB

#B555BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.177 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555BB
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(296, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 53.22, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 64.64, 325.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1457 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.177 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2735, 19.9103, 49.1999)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555BB #5BBB55

analogous

#8255BB #B555BB #BB558E

triadic

#B555BB #BBB555 #55BBB5

tetradic

#B555BB #BB8255 #5BBB55 #558EBB

square

#B555BB #BB8255 #5BBB55 #558EBB

split-complementary

#B555BB #8EBB55 #55BB82

monochromatic

#672B6B #913C97 #B555BB #C881CC #DBACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B555BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B555BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555BB

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555BB	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4874BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.177 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce89d0',
    500: '#b555bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555bb;
$custom-light: #ce89d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60624,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555BB

secondary

#A3CCA0

accent

#D3555D

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555BB

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

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