#B55BEE#B55BEE

#B55BEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.219 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55BEE
RGB	rgb(181, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 60.61, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 85.01, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.1401 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.219 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2268, 23.4797, 83.3906)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55BEE #94EE5B

analogous

#6C5BEE #B55BEE #EE5BDD

triadic

#B55BEE #EEB55B #5BEEB5

tetradic

#B55BEE #EE6C5B #94EE5B #5BDDEE

square

#B55BEE #EE6C5B #94EE5B #5BDDEE

split-complementary

#B55BEE #DDEE5B #5BEE6C

monochromatic

#7A13BB #9C24E8 #B55BEE #CE92F4 #E7CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B55BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B55BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B55BEE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B55BEE	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1081F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4886EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.219 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8ef4',
    500: '#b55bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55bee;
$custom-light: #cf8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64309,
    "c": 0.21879,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55BEE

secondary

#CDECB9

accent

#DE085B

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55BEE

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

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