#B557DC#B557DC

#B557DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.206 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557DC
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 58.71, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 78.60, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1451 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.206 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3804, 21.8086, 70.0420)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557DC #7EDC57

analogous

#7257DC #B557DC #DC57C0

triadic

#B557DC #DCB557 #57DCB5

tetradic

#B557DC #DC7257 #7EDC57 #57C0DC

square

#B557DC #DC7257 #7EDC57 #57C0DC

split-complementary

#B557DC #C0DC57 #57DC72

monochromatic

#752099 #9C2ACB #B557DC #CB8AE7 #E2BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B557DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B557DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557DC

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557DC	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.206 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be7',
    500: '#b557dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557dc;
$custom-light: #ce8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.406,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6271,
    "c": 0.2062,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557DC

secondary

#BDE1AE

accent

#CD184D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557DC

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

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