#B555ED#B555ED

#B555ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.226 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555ED
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 237)
HSL	hsl(278, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 63.18, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 87.66, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.147 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.226 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5877, 22.4360, 82.4548)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555ED #8DED55

analogous

#6955ED #B555ED #ED55D9

triadic

#B555ED #EDB555 #55EDB5

tetradic

#B555ED #ED6955 #8DED55 #55D9ED

square

#B555ED #ED6955 #8DED55 #55D9ED

split-complementary

#B555ED #D9ED55 #55ED69

monochromatic

#7913B4 #9D1EE7 #B555ED #CD8CF3 #E5C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B555ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B555ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555ED

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555ED	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.226 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf4',
    500: '#b555ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555ed;
$custom-light: #cf8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63512,
    "c": 0.22581,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555ED

secondary

#C8EAB4

accent

#DD0857

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555ED

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

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