#B251BC#B251BC

#B251BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.183 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251BC
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 56.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 54.50, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 67.01, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1476 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.183 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3788, 18.9823, 49.6310)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251BC #5BBC51

analogous

#7D51BC #B251BC #BC5190

triadic

#B251BC #BCB251 #51BCB2

tetradic

#B251BC #BC7D51 #5BBC51 #5190BC

square

#B251BC #BC7D51 #5BBC51 #5190BC

split-complementary

#B251BC #90BC51 #51BC7D

monochromatic

#64296A #8D3A96 #B251BC #C67DCD #D9A9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B251BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B251BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251BC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251BC	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4071BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.183 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87d0',
    500: '#b251bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251bc;
$custom-light: #cc87d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.393,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59771,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251BC

secondary

#A2CC9D

accent

#D45460

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251BC

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

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