#B557BD#B557BD

#B557BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.176 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557BD
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 54%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 52.63, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 64.40, 324.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.1432 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.176 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6488, 20.3159, 50.3886)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557BD #5FBD57

analogous

#8257BD #B557BD #BD5792

triadic

#B557BD #BDB557 #57BDB5

tetradic

#B557BD #BD8257 #5FBD57 #5792BD

square

#B557BD #BD8257 #5FBD57 #5792BD

split-complementary

#B557BD #92BD57 #57BD82

monochromatic

#692B6E #933D9A #B557BD #C883CE #DCAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B557BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B557BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557BD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557BD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4975C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.176 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bd1',
    500: '#b557bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557bd;
$custom-light: #ce8bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.294,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60991,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557BD

secondary

#A6CEA2

accent

#D3545E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557BD

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

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