#B555EE#B555EE

#B555EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.227 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555EE
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 63.40, -61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 88.14, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1469 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.227 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7342, 22.4946, 83.2264)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555EE #8EEE55

analogous

#6855EE #B555EE #EE55DA

triadic

#B555EE #EEB555 #55EEB5

tetradic

#B555EE #EE6855 #8EEE55 #55DAEE

square

#B555EE #EE6855 #8EEE55 #55DAEE

split-complementary

#B555EE #DAEE55 #55EE68

monochromatic

#7912B6 #9D1DE8 #B555EE #CD8DF4 #E5C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B555EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B555EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555EE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555EE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4184EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD749A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.227 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf4',
    500: '#b555ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555ee;
$custom-light: #cf8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.2268,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555EE

secondary

#C8EBB4

accent

#DE0757

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555EE

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

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