#B55AEE#B55AEE

#B55AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.220 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55AEE
RGB	rgb(181, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 61.08, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 85.54, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.1412 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.22 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1419, 23.3099, 83.3623)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55AEE #93EE5A

analogous

#6B5AEE #B55AEE #EE5ADD

triadic

#B55AEE #EEB55A #5AEEB5

tetradic

#B55AEE #EE6B5A #93EE5A #5ADDEE

square

#B55AEE #EE6B5A #93EE5A #5ADDEE

split-complementary

#B55AEE #DDEE5A #5AEE6B

monochromatic

#7A13BA #9C23E8 #B55AEE #CE91F4 #E7C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B55AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B55AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B55AEE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B55AEE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0981F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD779C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.220 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8ef4',
    500: '#b55aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55aee;
$custom-light: #cf8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.892,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64183,
    "c": 0.22015,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55AEE

secondary

#CCECB8

accent

#DE085A

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55AEE

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

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