#B557BF#B557BF

#B557BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.178 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557BF
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 53.00, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 65.29, 324.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1435 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.178 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8673, 20.4033, 51.5398)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557BF #61BF57

analogous

#8157BF #B557BF #BF5795

triadic

#B557BF #BFB557 #57BFB5

tetradic

#B557BF #BF8157 #61BF57 #5795BF

square

#B557BF #BF8157 #61BF57 #5795BF

split-complementary

#B557BF #95BF57 #57BF81

monochromatic

#6A2B71 #943C9D #B557BF #C983D0 #DCB0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B557BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B557BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557BF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557BF	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4876C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.178 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bd2',
    500: '#b557bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557bf;
$custom-light: #ce8bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.231,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61094,
    "c": 0.17803,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557BF

secondary

#A7CFA3

accent

#D55360

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557BF

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

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