#B555EF#B555EF

#B555EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.228 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B555EF
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 63.61, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 88.61, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.1468 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.228 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8815, 22.5535, 84.0023)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B555EF #8FEF55

analogous

#6855EF #B555EF #EF55DC

triadic

#B555EF #EFB555 #55EFB5

tetradic

#B555EF #EF6855 #8FEF55 #55DCEF

square

#B555EF #EF6855 #8FEF55 #55DCEF

split-complementary

#B555EF #DCEF55 #55EF68

monochromatic

#7911B8 #9D1DEA #B555EF #CD8DF4 #E6C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B555EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B555EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B555EF

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B555EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B555EF	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD749B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b555ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.228 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf5',
    500: '#b555ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b555ef;
$custom-light: #cf8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b555ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.403,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63639,
    "c": 0.22779,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B555EF

secondary

#C9EBB5

accent

#DF0658

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B555EF

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

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