#B557BC#B557BC

#B557BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.175 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557BC
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(296, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 53.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 52.44, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 63.96, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1431 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.175 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5406, 20.2726, 49.8189)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557BC #5EBC57

analogous

#8357BC #B557BC #BC5791

triadic

#B557BC #BCB557 #57BCB5

tetradic

#B557BC #BC8357 #5EBC57 #5791BC

square

#B557BC #BC8357 #5EBC57 #5791BC

split-complementary

#B557BC #91BC57 #57BC83

monochromatic

#692C6D #923D99 #B557BC #C883CD #DCAFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B557BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B557BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557BC

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557BC	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A75BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.175 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bd0',
    500: '#b557bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557bc;
$custom-light: #cd8bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.842,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60939,
    "c": 0.17522,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557BC

secondary

#A5CDA2

accent

#D3555E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557BC

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

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