#B557DE#B557DE

#B557DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.208 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557DE
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 59.12, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 79.54, 318.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1451 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.208 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6469, 21.9152, 71.4453)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557DE #80DE57

analogous

#7157DE #B557DE #DE57C3

triadic

#B557DE #DEB557 #57DEB5

tetradic

#B557DE #DE7157 #80DE57 #57C3DE

square

#B557DE #DE7157 #80DE57 #57C3DE

split-complementary

#B557DE #C3DE57 #57DE71

monochromatic

#761F9C #9D29CF #B557DE #CC8AE8 #E2BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B557DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B557DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557DE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557DE	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.208 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8be9',
    500: '#b557de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557de;
$custom-light: #ce8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.20819,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557DE

secondary

#BEE2AF

accent

#CF164F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557DE

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

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