#B55CEE#B55CEE

#B55CEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.217 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55CEE
RGB	rgb(181, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 60.14, -59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 84.47, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1389 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.217 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3128, 23.6518, 83.4193)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55CEE #95EE5C

analogous

#6C5CEE #B55CEE #EE5CDE

triadic

#B55CEE #EEB55C #5CEEB5

tetradic

#B55CEE #EE6C5C #95EE5C #5CDEEE

square

#B55CEE #EE6C5C #95EE5C #5CDEEE

split-complementary

#B55CEE #DEEE5C #5CEE6C

monochromatic

#7A14BC #9C25E8 #B55CEE #CE93F4 #E7CBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B55CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B55CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B55CEE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B55CEE	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1682F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD799D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.217 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8ff4',
    500: '#b55cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55cee;
$custom-light: #cf8ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.575,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.21741,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55CEE

secondary

#CDECBA

accent

#DD085B

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF1FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55CEE

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

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