#B555DE#B555DE

#B555DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.211 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555DE
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 222)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 61.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 60.06, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 80.60, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1475 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.211 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4872, 21.5958, 71.3921)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555DE #7EDE55

analogous

#7055DE #B555DE #DE55C2

triadic

#B555DE #DEB555 #55DEB5

tetradic

#B555DE #DE7055 #7EDE55 #55C2DE

square

#B555DE #DE7055 #7EDE55 #55C2DE

split-complementary

#B555DE #C2DE55 #55DE70

monochromatic

#751E9B #9C28CE #B555DE #CB88E8 #E2BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B555DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B555DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555DE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555DE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.211 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8ae9',
    500: '#b555de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555de;
$custom-light: #cf8ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.044,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62582,
    "c": 0.21099,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555DE

secondary

#BDE2AD

accent

#CF164E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555DE

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

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