#B555E1#B555E1

#B555E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.214 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555E1
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 60.67, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 82.01, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.1474 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.214 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8928, 21.7581, 73.5285)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555E1 #81E155

analogous

#6F55E1 #B555E1 #E155C7

triadic

#B555E1 #E1B555 #55E1B5

tetradic

#B555E1 #E16F55 #81E155 #55C7E1

square

#B555E1 #E16F55 #81E155 #55C7E1

split-complementary

#B555E1 #C7E155 #55E16F

monochromatic

#761C9F #9D25D3 #B555E1 #CC89EA #E2BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B555E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B555E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555E1

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555E1	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.214 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8aeb',
    500: '#b555e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555e1;
$custom-light: #cf8aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62764,
    "c": 0.21394,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555E1

secondary

#BFE3AE

accent

#D2144F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555E1

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

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