#B557DF#B557DF

#B557DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.209 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557DF
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 223)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 59.33, -53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 80.02, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1451 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.209 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7813, 21.9689, 72.1533)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557DF #81DF57

analogous

#7157DF #B557DF #DF57C5

triadic

#B557DF #DFB557 #57DFB5

tetradic

#B557DF #DF7157 #81DF57 #57C5DF

square

#B557DF #DF7157 #81DF57 #57C5DF

split-complementary

#B557DF #C5DF57 #57DF71

monochromatic

#761E9E #9D28D1 #B557DF #CC8AE9 #E2BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#B557DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B557DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557DF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557DF	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.209 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8bea',
    500: '#b557df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557df;
$custom-light: #ce8bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62889,
    "c": 0.20919,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557DF

secondary

#BFE3AF

accent

#D0164F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557DF

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

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