#B559BE#B559BE

#B559BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.174 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559BE
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(295, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 51.84, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 63.72, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1407 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.174 324)
XYZ	xyz(31.9218, 20.6878, 51.0169)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559BE #62BE59

analogous

#8259BE #B559BE #BE5995

triadic

#B559BE #BEB559 #59BEB5

tetradic

#B559BE #BE8259 #62BE59 #5995BE

square

#B559BE #BE8259 #62BE59 #5995BE

split-complementary

#B559BE #95BE59 #59BE82

monochromatic

#6A2C71 #943D9D #B559BE #C985CF #DCB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B559BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B559BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559BE

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559BE	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B76C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.174 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8cd2',
    500: '#b559be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559be;
$custom-light: #cd8cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.653,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61311,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.20686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559BE

secondary

#A8CFA4

accent

#D35460

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559BE

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

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