#B559E9#B559E9

#B559E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.216 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559E9
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 60.49, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 83.69, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1426 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.216 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3337, 22.8526, 79.5193)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559E9 #8DE959

analogous

#6D59E9 #B559E9 #E959D5

triadic

#B559E9 #E9B559 #59E9B5

tetradic

#B559E9 #E96D59 #8DE959 #59D5E9

square

#B559E9 #E96D59 #8DE959 #59D5E9

split-complementary

#B559E9 #D5E959 #59E96D

monochromatic

#7917B0 #9D23E2 #B559E9 #CD8FF0 #E5C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B559E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B559E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559E9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559E9	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.216 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8df1',
    500: '#b559e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559e9;
$custom-light: #cf8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63748,
    "c": 0.21644,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559E9

secondary

#C8E9B5

accent

#D90D56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559E9

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

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