#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
RGBrgb(181, 85, 225)
HSLhsl(281, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(281, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(19.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(53.77, 60.67, -55.17)
CIE-LCHlch(53.77, 82.01, 317.72°)
OKLaboklab(62.76% 0.1474 -0.155)
OKLCHoklch(62.76% 0.214 313.6)
XYZxyz(35.8928, 21.7581, 73.5285)
Luminance0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B555E11.003.925.355.35
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3521.001.001.00
##0000005.3521.001.001.00

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

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#B555E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva