#B555E4#B555E4

#B555E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.217 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555E4
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 61.30, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 83.42, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1473 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.217 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3057, 21.9232, 75.7028)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555E4 #84E455

analogous

#6E55E4 #B555E4 #E455CC

triadic

#B555E4 #E4B555 #55E4B5

tetradic

#B555E4 #E46E55 #84E455 #55CCE4

square

#B555E4 #E46E55 #84E455 #55CCE4

split-complementary

#B555E4 #CCE455 #55E46E

monochromatic

#771AA4 #9D23D9 #B555E4 #CC8AEC #E3BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B555E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B555E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555E4

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555E4	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.217 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8aed',
    500: '#b555e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555e4;
$custom-light: #cf8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.28,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.2169,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555E4

secondary

#C1E5B0

accent

#D51151

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555E4

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

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