#B555CD#B555CD

#B555CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.194 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555CD
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 58.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 56.65, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 72.72, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1471 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.194 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3226, 20.7299, 59.9918)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555CD #6DCD55

analogous

#7955CD #B555CD #CD55A9

triadic

#B555CD #CDB555 #55CDB5

tetradic

#B555CD #CD7955 #6DCD55 #55A9CD

square

#B555CD #CD7955 #6DCD55 #55A9CD

split-complementary

#B555CD #A9CD55 #55CD79

monochromatic

#6F2682 #9834B1 #B555CD #CA84DB #DEB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B555CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B555CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555CD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555CD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.194 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8add',
    500: '#b555cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555cd;
$custom-light: #ce8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61592,
    "c": 0.19441,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555CD

secondary

#B0D7A6

accent

#DE4A68

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555CD

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

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