#B55BEB#B55BEB

#B55BEB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.216 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55BEB
RGB	rgb(181, 91, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 61.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 59.97, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 83.57, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1402 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.216 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7897, 23.3049, 81.0887)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55BEB #91EB5B

analogous

#6D5BEB #B55BEB #EB5BD9

triadic

#B55BEB #EBB55B #5BEBB5

tetradic

#B55BEB #EB6D5B #91EB5B #5BD9EB

square

#B55BEB #EB6D5B #91EB5B #5BD9EB

split-complementary

#B55BEB #D9EB5B #5BEB6D

monochromatic

#7A16B5 #9C24E4 #B55BEB #CE92F2 #E6C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B55BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B55BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B55BEB

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B55BEB	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)

#1A80EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE779B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 91, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.216 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8ef2',
    500: '#b55beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55beb;
$custom-light: #cf8ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64123,
    "c": 0.21572,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55BEB

secondary

#CBEAB8

accent

#DB0B59

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55BEB

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

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