#B557E8#B557E8

#B557E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.218 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557E8
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 61.21, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 84.27, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1449 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.218 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0271, 22.4672, 78.7144)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557E8 #8AE857

analogous

#6D57E8 #B557E8 #E857D2

triadic

#B557E8 #E8B557 #57E8B5

tetradic

#B557E8 #E86D57 #8AE857 #57D2E8

square

#B557E8 #E86D57 #8AE857 #57D2E8

split-complementary

#B557E8 #D2E857 #57E86D

monochromatic

#7818AD #9D21E1 #B557E8 #CD8DEF #E4C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B557E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B557E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557E8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557E8	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.218 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cf0',
    500: '#b557e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557e8;
$custom-light: #cf8cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.897,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63439,
    "c": 0.21816,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557E8

secondary

#C6E8B3

accent

#D80D55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557E8

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

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