#B556DD#B556DD

#B556DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.209 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556DD
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 59.39, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 79.61, 318.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1463 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.209 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4329, 21.7009, 70.7148)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556DD #7EDD56

analogous

#7156DD #B556DD #DD56C2

triadic

#B556DD #DDB556 #56DDB5

tetradic

#B556DD #DD7156 #7EDD56 #56C2DD

square

#B556DD #DD7156 #7EDD56 #56C2DD

split-complementary

#B556DD #C2DD56 #56DD71

monochromatic

#751F9A #9C29CD #B556DD #CB89E7 #E2BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B556DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B556DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556DD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556DD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.209 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be8',
    500: '#b556dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556dd;
$custom-light: #ce8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.2086,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556DD

secondary

#BDE1AE

accent

#CE174D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556DD

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

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