#B557ED#B557ED

#B557ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.223 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557ED
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 237)
HSL	hsl(278, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 63.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 62.27, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 86.63, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1447 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.223 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7474, 22.7554, 82.5081)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557ED #8FED57

analogous

#6A57ED #B557ED #ED57DA

triadic

#B557ED #EDB557 #57EDB5

tetradic

#B557ED #ED6A57 #8FED57 #57DAED

square

#B557ED #ED6A57 #8FED57 #57DAED

split-complementary

#B557ED #DAED57 #57ED6A

monochromatic

#7914B6 #9D20E7 #B557ED #CD8EF3 #E6C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B557ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B557ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557ED

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557ED	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4585EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE759A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.223 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cf4',
    500: '#b557ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557ed;
$custom-light: #cf8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63752,
    "c": 0.22317,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557ED

secondary

#C9EAB5

accent

#DD0958

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557ED

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

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