#B559C8#B559C8

#B559C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.184 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559C8
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 53.75, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 68.23, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1417 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.184 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0525, 21.1401, 56.9718)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559C8 #6CC859

analogous

#7E59C8 #B559C8 #C859A4

triadic

#B559C8 #C8B559 #59C8B5

tetradic

#B559C8 #C87E59 #6CC859 #59A4C8

square

#B559C8 #C87E59 #6CC859 #59A4C8

split-complementary

#B559C8 #A4C859 #59C87E

monochromatic

#6F297D #9839AB #B559C8 #C987D7 #DEB5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B559C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B559C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559C8

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559C8	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4478CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.184 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cd9',
    500: '#b559c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559c8;
$custom-light: #ce8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.73,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61837,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559C8

secondary

#AFD5A8

accent

#DA4E66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559C8

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

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