#B557CE#B557CE

#B557CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.192 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557CE
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 55.89, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 72.09, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1447 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.192 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6033, 21.0977, 60.6828)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557CE #70CE57

analogous

#7A57CE #B557CE #CE57AC

triadic

#B557CE #CEB557 #57CEB5

tetradic

#B557CE #CE7A57 #70CE57 #57ACCE

square

#B557CE #CE7A57 #70CE57 #57ACCE

split-complementary

#B557CE #ACCE57 #57CE7A

monochromatic

#702784 #9934B3 #B557CE #CA86DC #DFB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B557CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B557CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557CE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557CE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.192 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bdd',
    500: '#b557ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557ce;
$custom-light: #ce8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.395,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61904,
    "c": 0.19243,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557CE

secondary

#B2D8A8

accent

#DE4A69

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557CE

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

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