#B559DB#B559DB

#B559DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.202 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559DB
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(282, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 57.56, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 77.06, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1426 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.202 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4126, 22.0841, 69.4013)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559DB #7FDB59

analogous

#7459DB #B559DB #DB59C0

triadic

#B559DB #DBB559 #59DBB5

tetradic

#B559DB #DB7459 #7FDB59 #59C0DB

square

#B559DB #DB7459 #7FDB59 #59C0DB

split-complementary

#B559DB #C0DB59 #59DB74

monochromatic

#762199 #9C2CCB #B559DB #CB8BE6 #E2BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B559DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B559DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559DB

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559DB	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.202 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8de7',
    500: '#b559db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559db;
$custom-light: #ce8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.20235,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559DB

secondary

#BEE1AF

accent

#CC194E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559DB

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

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