#B555BD#B555BD

#B555BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.179 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555BD
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 53.59, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 65.52, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1459 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.179 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4891, 19.9965, 50.3353)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555BD #5DBD55

analogous

#8155BD #B555BD #BD5591

triadic

#B555BD #BDB555 #55BDB5

tetradic

#B555BD #BD8155 #5DBD55 #5591BD

square

#B555BD #BD8155 #5DBD55 #5591BD

split-complementary

#B555BD #91BD55 #55BD81

monochromatic

#682A6D #923C99 #B555BD #C881CE #DBADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B555BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B555BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555BD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555BD	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4674C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.179 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce89d1',
    500: '#b555bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555bd;
$custom-light: #ce89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60727,
    "c": 0.17927,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555BD

secondary

#A4CDA1

accent

#D4545E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555BD

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

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