#B557E9#B557E9

#B557E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.219 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557E9
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 61.42, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 84.74, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1449 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.219 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1695, 22.5242, 79.4646)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557E9 #8BE957

analogous

#6C57E9 #B557E9 #E957D4

triadic

#B557E9 #E9B557 #57E9B5

tetradic

#B557E9 #E96C57 #8BE957 #57D4E9

square

#B557E9 #E96C57 #8BE957 #57D4E9

split-complementary

#B557E9 #D4E957 #57E96C

monochromatic

#7917AF #9D21E2 #B557E9 #CD8DF0 #E5C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B557E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B557E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557E9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557E9	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.219 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cf1',
    500: '#b557e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557e9;
$custom-light: #cf8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.21917,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557E9

secondary

#C6E8B3

accent

#D90C55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557E9

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

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