#B557D3#B557D3

#B557D3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.197 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557D3
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 58.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 56.89, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 74.40, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1449 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.197 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2204, 21.3446, 63.9327)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557D3 #75D357

analogous

#7757D3 #B557D3 #D357B3

triadic

#B557D3 #D3B557 #57D3B5

tetradic

#B557D3 #D37757 #75D357 #57B3D3

square

#B557D3 #D37757 #75D357 #57B3D3

split-complementary

#B557D3 #B3D357 #57D377

monochromatic

#72248B #9A31BC #B557D3 #CA87E0 #E0B8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B557D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B557D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557D3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557D3	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3679D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A82D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.197 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be1',
    500: '#b557d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557d3;
$custom-light: #ce8be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.484,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62187,
    "c": 0.19731,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557D3

secondary

#B6DCAA

accent

#E2466C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557D3

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

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