#B557BE#B557BE

#B557BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.177 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557BE
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(295, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 52.81, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 64.84, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1434 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.177 324)
XYZ	xyz(31.7577, 20.3595, 50.9622)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557BE #60BE57

analogous

#8257BE #B557BE #BE5794

triadic

#B557BE #BEB557 #57BEB5

tetradic

#B557BE #BE8257 #60BE57 #5794BE

square

#B557BE #BE8257 #60BE57 #5794BE

split-complementary

#B557BE #94BE57 #57BE82

monochromatic

#6A2B6F #933C9C #B557BE #C883CF #DCAFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#B557BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#B557BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557BE

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557BE	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4875C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.177 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bd2',
    500: '#b557be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557be;
$custom-light: #ce8bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.757,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.20358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557BE

secondary

#A6CEA3

accent

#D4545F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557BE

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

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