#B557E6#B557E6

#B557E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.216 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557E6
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 60.79, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 83.32, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.145 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.216 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7446, 22.3543, 77.2267)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557E6 #88E657

analogous

#6E57E6 #B557E6 #E657CF

triadic

#B557E6 #E6B557 #57E6B5

tetradic

#B557E6 #E66E57 #88E657 #57CFE6

square

#B557E6 #E66E57 #88E657 #57CFE6

split-complementary

#B557E6 #CFE657 #57E66E

monochromatic

#7819A9 #9E22DE #B557E6 #CC8CEE #E4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B557E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B557E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557E6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557E6	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.216 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cef',
    500: '#b557e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557e6;
$custom-light: #cf8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.441,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63315,
    "c": 0.21617,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557E6

secondary

#C4E7B2

accent

#D60F53

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557E6

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

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