#B559DE#B559DE

#B559DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.205 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559DE
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 58.18, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 78.47, 317.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1427 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.205 314)
XYZ	xyz(35.8111, 22.2435, 71.5001)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559DE #82DE59

analogous

#7259DE #B559DE #DE59C4

triadic

#B559DE #DEB559 #59DEB5

tetradic

#B559DE #DE7259 #82DE59 #59C4DE

square

#B559DE #DE7259 #82DE59 #59C4DE

split-complementary

#B559DE #C4DE59 #59DE72

monochromatic

#761F9D #9D29D0 #B559DE #CC8CE8 #E3BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B559DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B559DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559DE

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559DE	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.205 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8de9',
    500: '#b559de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559de;
$custom-light: #ce8de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.504,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63082,
    "c": 0.20535,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.22242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559DE

secondary

#C0E2B0

accent

#CF174F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559DE

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

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