#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
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 60.27, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 83.21, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.1426 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.215 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1912, 22.7956, 78.7691)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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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
##B559E8	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B559E8

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

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