#B555CE#B555CE

#B555CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.195 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555CE
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 56.84, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 73.17, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.1472 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.195 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4437, 20.7784, 60.6295)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555CE #6ECE55

analogous

#7955CE #B555CE #CE55AB

triadic

#B555CE #CEB555 #55CEB5

tetradic

#B555CE #CE7955 #6ECE55 #55ABCE

square

#B555CE #CE7955 #6ECE55 #55ABCE

split-complementary

#B555CE #ABCE55 #55CE79

monochromatic

#702683 #9833B2 #B555CE #CA85DC #DEB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B555CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B555CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555CE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555CE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3877D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.195 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8add',
    500: '#b555ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555ce;
$custom-light: #ce8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.603,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61649,
    "c": 0.19538,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555CE

secondary

#B1D8A7

accent

#DF4968

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555CE

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

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