#B557E7#B557E7

#B557E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.217 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557E7
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 61.00, -57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 83.79, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1449 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.217 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8854, 22.4106, 77.9684)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557E7 #89E757

analogous

#6D57E7 #B557E7 #E757D1

triadic

#B557E7 #E7B557 #57E7B5

tetradic

#B557E7 #E76D57 #89E757 #57D1E7

square

#B557E7 #E76D57 #89E757 #57D1E7

split-complementary

#B557E7 #D1E757 #57E76D

monochromatic

#7818AB #9D21DF #B557E7 #CD8DEF #E4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B557E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B557E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557E7

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557E7	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.217 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cef',
    500: '#b557e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557e7;
$custom-light: #cf8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63377,
    "c": 0.21717,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557E7

secondary

#C5E7B3

accent

#D70E54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557E7

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

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