#B555DC#B555DC

#B555DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.209 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555DC
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 220)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 59.65, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 79.67, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1475 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.209 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2207, 21.4892, 69.9888)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555DC #7CDC55

analogous

#7255DC #B555DC #DC55BF

triadic

#B555DC #DCB555 #55DCB5

tetradic

#B555DC #DC7255 #7CDC55 #55BFDC

square

#B555DC #DC7255 #7CDC55 #55BFDC

split-complementary

#B555DC #BFDC55 #55DC72

monochromatic

#751F97 #9C2ACA #B555DC #CB88E6 #E1BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B555DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B555DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555DC

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555DC	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5282D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.209 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ae7',
    500: '#b555dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555dc;
$custom-light: #ce8ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62462,
    "c": 0.20902,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555DC

secondary

#BBE0AC

accent

#E93F70

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555DC

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

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