#B555BE#B555BE

#B555BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.180 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555BE
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 55.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 53.78, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 65.96, 324.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.146 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.18 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5980, 20.0401, 50.9090)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555BE #5EBE55

analogous

#8155BE #B555BE #BE5593

triadic

#B555BE #BEB555 #55BEB5

tetradic

#B555BE #BE8155 #5EBE55 #5593BE

square

#B555BE #BE8155 #5EBE55 #5593BE

split-complementary

#B555BE #93BE55 #55BE81

monochromatic

#692A6E #923B9B #B555BE #C881CF #DCAEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B555BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B555BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555BE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555BE	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4674C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.180 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce89d2',
    500: '#b555be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555be;
$custom-light: #ce89d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60779,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555BE

secondary

#A5CEA1

accent

#D4535E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555BE

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

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