#B556EE#B556EE

#B556EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.226 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B556EE
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 62.94, -60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 87.63, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1458 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.226 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8135, 22.6532, 83.2529)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B556EE #8FEE56

analogous

#6956EE #B556EE #EE56DB

triadic

#B556EE #EEB556 #56EEB5

tetradic

#B556EE #EE6956 #8FEE56 #56DBEE

square

#B556EE #EE6956 #8FEE56 #56DBEE

split-complementary

#B556EE #DBEE56 #56EE69

monochromatic

#7912B7 #9D1EE8 #B556EE #CD8EF4 #E6C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B556EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B556EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B556EE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B556EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B556EE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4284EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b556ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.226 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8bf4',
    500: '#b556ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b556ee;
$custom-light: #cf8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b556ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63695,
    "c": 0.2255,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B556EE

secondary

#C9EBB5

accent

#DE0758

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B556EE

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

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