#B557EE#B557EE

#B557EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.224 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557EE
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 62.48, -60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 87.11, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1447 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.224 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8939, 22.8140, 83.2797)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557EE #90EE57

analogous

#6957EE #B557EE #EE57DB

triadic

#B557EE #EEB557 #57EEB5

tetradic

#B557EE #EE6957 #90EE57 #57DBEE

square

#B557EE #EE6957 #90EE57 #57DBEE

split-complementary

#B557EE #DBEE57 #57EE69

monochromatic

#7A13B8 #9D1FE8 #B557EE #CD8FF4 #E6C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B557EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B557EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557EE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557EE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4385EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.224 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cf4',
    500: '#b557ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557ee;
$custom-light: #cf8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.351,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63815,
    "c": 0.22417,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557EE

secondary

#CAEBB6

accent

#DE0858

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557EE

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

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