#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
RGBrgb(181, 87, 233)
HSLhsl(279, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(279, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(22.3%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(54.58, 61.42, -58.38)
CIE-LCHlch(54.58, 84.74, 316.45°)
OKLaboklab(63.5% 0.1449 -0.1645)
OKLCHoklch(63.5% 0.219 311.4)
XYZxyz(37.1695, 22.5242, 79.4646)
Luminance0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B557E91.003.815.505.50
#FFFFFF3.811.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5021.001.001.00
##0000005.5021.001.001.00

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

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#B557E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva