#B251BE#B251BE

#B251BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.185 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251BE
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 54.88, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 67.89, 323.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1477 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.185 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5959, 19.0691, 50.7743)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251BE #5DBE51

analogous

#7B51BE #B251BE #BE5194

triadic

#B251BE #BEB251 #51BEB2

tetradic

#B251BE #BE7B51 #5DBE51 #5194BE

square

#B251BE #BE7B51 #5DBE51 #5194BE

split-complementary

#B251BE #94BE51 #51BE7B

monochromatic

#65286C #8E3999 #B251BE #C67ECF #D9AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B251BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B251BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251BE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251BE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E72C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.185 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87d2',
    500: '#b251be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251be;
$custom-light: #cc87d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.394,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59878,
    "c": 0.18467,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251BE

secondary

#A3CD9E

accent

#D55361

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251BE

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

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