#B559E5#B559E5

#B559E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.212 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559E5
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 59.64, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 81.79, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1426 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.212 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7688, 22.6266, 76.5440)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559E5 #89E559

analogous

#6F59E5 #B559E5 #E559CF

triadic

#B559E5 #E5B559 #59E5B5

tetradic

#B559E5 #E56F59 #89E559 #59CFE5

square

#B559E5 #E56F59 #89E559 #59CFE5

split-complementary

#B559E5 #CFE559 #59E56F

monochromatic

#781AA9 #9D24DD #B559E5 #CD8EED #E4C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B559E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B559E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559E5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559E5	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.212 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8dee',
    500: '#b559e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559e5;
$custom-light: #cf8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63502,
    "c": 0.2124,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559E5

secondary

#C5E6B3

accent

#D51054

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559E5

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

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