#B555DB#B555DB

#B555DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.208 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555DB
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 59.44, -52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 79.20, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1475 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.208 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0887, 21.4364, 69.2934)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555DB #7BDB55

analogous

#7255DB #B555DB #DB55BE

triadic

#B555DB #DBB555 #55DBB5

tetradic

#B555DB #DB7255 #7BDB55 #55BEDB

square

#B555DB #DB7255 #7BDB55 #55BEDB

split-complementary

#B555DB #BEDB55 #55DB72

monochromatic

#742096 #9C2AC8 #B555DB #CB88E6 #E1BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B555DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B555DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555DB

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555DB	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.208 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ae7',
    500: '#b555db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555db;
$custom-light: #ce8ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.985,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62402,
    "c": 0.20804,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555DB

secondary

#BBE0AC

accent

#E8406F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555DB

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

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