#B555DD#B555DD

#B555DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.210 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555DD
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 59.85, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 80.13, 318.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1475 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.21 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3536, 21.5423, 70.6884)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555DD #7DDD55

analogous

#7155DD #B555DD #DD55C1

triadic

#B555DD #DDB555 #55DDB5

tetradic

#B555DD #DD7155 #7DDD55 #55C1DD

square

#B555DD #DD7155 #7DDD55 #55C1DD

split-complementary

#B555DD #C1DD55 #55DD71

monochromatic

#751F99 #9C29CC #B555DD #CB88E7 #E1BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B555DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B555DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555DD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555DD	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5182DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.210 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8ae8',
    500: '#b555dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555dd;
$custom-light: #ce8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62522,
    "c": 0.21,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555DD

secondary

#BCE1AD

accent

#EA3E71

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555DD

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

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