#B251AA#B251AA

#B251AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.167 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251AA
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 51.26, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 59.31, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1454 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.167 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5580, 18.2540, 40.0416)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251AA #51B259

analogous

#8951B2 #B251AA #B25179

triadic

#B251AA #AAB251 #51AAB2

tetradic

#B251AA #B28951 #51B259 #5179B2

square

#B251AA #B28951 #51B259 #5179B2

split-complementary

#B251AA #79B251 #51B289

monochromatic

#5F2A5A #893D83 #B251AA #C57BBF #D8A6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B251AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B251AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251AA

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251AA	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.167 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb86c3',
    500: '#b251aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251aa;
$custom-light: #cb86c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.948,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58855,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251AA

secondary

#9AC59D

accent

#CF6359

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251AA

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

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