#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
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 58.23, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 76.41, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.1474 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.202 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3130, 21.1261, 65.2082)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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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
##B555D5	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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