#B251BB#B251BB

#B251BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.182 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251BB
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 54.32, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 66.56, 324.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1475 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.182 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2714, 18.9393, 49.0652)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251BB #5ABB51

analogous

#7D51BB #B251BB #BB518F

triadic

#B251BB #BBB251 #51BBB2

tetradic

#B251BB #BB7D51 #5ABB51 #518FBB

square

#B251BB #BB7D51 #5ABB51 #518FBB

split-complementary

#B251BB #8FBB51 #51BB7D

monochromatic

#632969 #8D3A95 #B251BB #C57DCC #D9A9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B251BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B251BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251BB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251BB	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4171BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.182 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87d0',
    500: '#b251bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251bb;
$custom-light: #cc87d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.906,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59718,
    "c": 0.1819,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251BB

secondary

#A1CB9D

accent

#D4545F

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251BB

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

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