#B555D5#B555D5

#B555D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.202 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B555D5
RGBrgb(181, 85, 213)
HSLhsl(285, 60%, 58%)
HSVhsv(285, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.09, 58.23, -49.47)
CIE-LCHlch(53.09, 76.41, 319.65°)
OKLaboklab(62.05% 0.1474 -0.1384)
OKLCHoklch(62.05% 0.202 316.8)
XYZxyz(34.3130, 21.1261, 65.2082)
Luminance0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B555D5 #75D555
analogous
#7555D5 #B555D5 #D555B5
triadic
#B555D5 #D5B555 #55D5B5
tetradic
#B555D5 #D57555 #75D555 #55B5D5
square
#B555D5 #D57555 #75D555 #55B5D5
split-complementary
#B555D5 #B5D555 #55D575
monochromatic
#72238D #9A2FBE #B555D5 #CA86E1 #E0B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02
#B555D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23
#B555D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555D5
5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B555D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B555D51.004.025.235.23
#FFFFFF4.021.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2321.001.001.00
##0000005.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3079D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5782D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B46B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b555d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.202 316.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ae2',
    500: '#b555d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b555d5;
$custom-light: #ce8ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b555d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62049,
    "c": 0.20217,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B555D5
secondary
#B6DCA9
accent
#E4446C
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FAF0FB
border
#D3CBD4
text
#140C15
muted
#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555D5

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

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#B555D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva