#B557EF#B557EF

#B557EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.225 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B557EF
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 62.69, -61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 87.58, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.1446 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.225 310)
XYZ	xyz(38.0412, 22.8729, 84.0555)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B557EF #91EF57

analogous

#6957EF #B557EF #EF57DD

triadic

#B557EF #EFB557 #57EFB5

tetradic

#B557EF #EF6957 #91EF57 #57DDEF

square

#B557EF #EF6957 #91EF57 #57DDEF

split-complementary

#B557EF #DDEF57 #57EF69

monochromatic

#7A12BA #9C1FEA #B557EF #CE8FF4 #E6C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B557EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B557EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B557EF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B557EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B557EF	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4285EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD769C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b557ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.225 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8cf5',
    500: '#b557ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b557ef;
$custom-light: #cf8cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b557ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63878,
    "c": 0.22517,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.22872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B557EF

secondary

#CBECB6

accent

#DF0659

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B557EF

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

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