#B557EA#B557EA

#B557EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.220 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557EA
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 61.63, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 85.21, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1448 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.22 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3128, 22.5815, 80.2190)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557EA #8CEA57

analogous

#6B57EA #B557EA #EA57D6

triadic

#B557EA #EAB557 #57EAB5

tetradic

#B557EA #EA6B57 #8CEA57 #57D6EA

square

#B557EA #EA6B57 #8CEA57 #57D6EA

split-complementary

#B557EA #D6EA57 #57EA6B

monochromatic

#7916B1 #9D21E3 #B557EA #CD8DF1 #E5C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B557EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B557EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557EA

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557EA	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.220 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cf1',
    500: '#b557ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557ea;
$custom-light: #cf8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.367,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63563,
    "c": 0.22016,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557EA

secondary

#C7E9B4

accent

#DA0B56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557EA

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

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