#B559CD#B559CD

#B559CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.188 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559CD
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 54.73, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 70.52, 320.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.142 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.188 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6464, 21.3777, 60.0997)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559CD #71CD59

analogous

#7B59CD #B559CD #CD59AB

triadic

#B559CD #CDB559 #59CDB5

tetradic

#B559CD #CD7B59 #71CD59 #59ABCD

square

#B559CD #CD7B59 #71CD59 #59ABCD

split-complementary

#B559CD #ABCD59 #59CD7B

monochromatic

#712884 #9936B3 #B559CD #CA88DB #DFB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B559CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B559CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559CD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559CD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.188 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8cdd',
    500: '#b559cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559cd;
$custom-light: #ce8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.18845,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559CD

secondary

#B3D8AA

accent

#DD4B69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559CD

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

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