#B557DD#B557DD

#B557DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.207 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557DD
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 58.92, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 79.07, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1451 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.207 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5133, 21.8617, 70.7416)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557DD #7FDD57

analogous

#7257DD #B557DD #DD57C2

triadic

#B557DD #DDB557 #57DDB5

tetradic

#B557DD #DD7257 #7FDD57 #57C2DD

square

#B557DD #DD7257 #7FDD57 #57C2DD

split-complementary

#B557DD #C2DD57 #57DD72

monochromatic

#761F9A #9C2ACD #B557DD #CB8AE7 #E2BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B557DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B557DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557DD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557DD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.207 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be8',
    500: '#b557dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557dd;
$custom-light: #ce8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.09,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.20719,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557DD

secondary

#BEE1AE

accent

#CE174E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557DD

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

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