#B555E8#B555E8

#B555E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.221 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555E8
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 62.13, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 85.30, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1472 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.221 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8674, 22.1479, 78.6611)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555E8 #88E855

analogous

#6C55E8 #B555E8 #E855D1

triadic

#B555E8 #E8B555 #55E8B5

tetradic

#B555E8 #E86C55 #88E855 #55D1E8

square

#B555E8 #E86C55 #88E855 #55D1E8

split-complementary

#B555E8 #D1E855 #55E86C

monochromatic

#7817AB #9E1FE1 #B555E8 #CC8BEF #E4C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B555E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#B555E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555E8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555E8	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#027DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.221 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf0',
    500: '#b555e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555e8;
$custom-light: #cf8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63196,
    "c": 0.22086,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555E8

secondary

#C4E7B1

accent

#D80D54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555E8

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

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