#B555D7#B555D7

#B555D7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.204 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555D7
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 58.63, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 77.33, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1474 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.204 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5684, 21.2283, 66.5533)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555D7 #77D755

analogous

#7455D7 #B555D7 #D755B8

triadic

#B555D7 #D7B555 #55D7B5

tetradic

#B555D7 #D77455 #77D755 #55B8D7

square

#B555D7 #D77455 #77D755 #55B8D7

split-complementary

#B555D7 #B8D755 #55D774

monochromatic

#732290 #9B2DC1 #B555D7 #CB87E3 #E0B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B555D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B555D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555D7

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555D7	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D79DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5682D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.204 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ae4',
    500: '#b555d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555d7;
$custom-light: #ce8ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62166,
    "c": 0.20412,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555D7

secondary

#B8DEAA

accent

#E5436D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555D7

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

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