#B559EE#B559EE

#B559EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.222 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B559EE
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 61.55, -60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 86.07, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1424 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.222 310)
XYZ	xyz(38.0581, 23.1423, 83.3344)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B559EE #92EE59

analogous

#6B59EE #B559EE #EE59DD

triadic

#B559EE #EEB559 #59EEB5

tetradic

#B559EE #EE6B59 #92EE59 #59DDEE

square

#B559EE #EE6B59 #92EE59 #59DDEE

split-complementary

#B559EE #DDEE59 #59EE6B

monochromatic

#7A13BA #9C21E8 #B559EE #CE91F4 #E6C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B559EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B559EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B559EE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B559EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B559EE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0180F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4686EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b559ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.222 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8df4',
    500: '#b559ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b559ee;
$custom-light: #cf8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b559ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.047,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.2215,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.23142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B559EE

secondary

#CBEBB7

accent

#DE085A

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B559EE

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

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