#B557C8#B557C8

#B557C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.187 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557C8
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 54.72, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 69.34, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1443 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.187 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8883, 20.8117, 56.9171)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557C8 #6AC857

analogous

#7D57C8 #B557C8 #C857A3

triadic

#B557C8 #C8B557 #57C8B5

tetradic

#B557C8 #C87D57 #6AC857 #57A3C8

square

#B557C8 #C87D57 #6AC857 #57A3C8

split-complementary

#B557C8 #A3C857 #57C87D

monochromatic

#6E297C #9738AA #B557C8 #C985D7 #DEB3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B557C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B557C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557C8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557C8	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.187 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bd9',
    500: '#b557c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557c8;
$custom-light: #ce8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.912,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.1866,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557C8

secondary

#AED5A6

accent

#DA4E65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557C8

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

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