#B557CF#B557CF

#B557CF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.193 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557CF
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 56.09, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 72.55, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1447 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.193 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7252, 21.1465, 61.3246)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557CF #71CF57

analogous

#7957CF #B557CF #CF57AD

triadic

#B557CF #CFB557 #57CFB5

tetradic

#B557CF #CF7957 #71CF57 #57ADCF

square

#B557CF #CF7957 #71CF57 #57ADCF

split-complementary

#B557CF #ADCF57 #57CF79

monochromatic

#712685 #9934B5 #B557CF #CA87DD #DFB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B557CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B557CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557CF

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557CF	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A79D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.193 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bde',
    500: '#b557cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557cf;
$custom-light: #ce8bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6196,
    "c": 0.1934,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557CF

secondary

#B3D9A9

accent

#DF4969

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557CF

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

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