#B559E8#B559E8

#B559E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.215 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B559E8
RGBrgb(181, 89, 232)
HSLhsl(279, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(279, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(54.86, 60.27, -57.37)
CIE-LCHlch(54.86, 83.21, 316.42°)
OKLaboklab(63.69% 0.1426 -0.1615)
OKLCHoklch(63.69% 0.215 311.4)
XYZxyz(37.1912, 22.7956, 78.7691)
Luminance0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B559E8 #8CE859
analogous
#6D59E8 #B559E8 #E859D4
triadic
#B559E8 #E8B559 #59E8B5
tetradic
#B559E8 #E86D59 #8CE859 #59D4E8
square
#B559E8 #E86D59 #8CE859 #59D4E8
split-complementary
#B559E8 #D4E859 #59E86D
monochromatic
#7918AE #9D23E1 #B559E8 #CD8FEF #E5C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78
#B559E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56
#B559E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559E8
5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B559E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B559E81.003.785.565.56
#FFFFFF3.781.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5621.001.001.00
##0000005.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1A7FEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4C85E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AF7499
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b559e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.215 311.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8df0',
    500: '#b559e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b559e8;
$custom-light: #cf8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b559e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.601,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63686,
    "c": 0.21543,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B559E8
secondary
#C7E8B5
accent
#D80E56
background
#FDF8FE
surface
#FAF0FD
border
#D3CBD5
text
#140D17
muted
#837D85

Preview Lab

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#B559E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva