#B251BF#B251BF

#B251BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.186 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251BF
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 57.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 55.07, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 68.34, 323.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.1478 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.186 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7056, 19.1130, 51.3519)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251BF #5EBF51

analogous

#7B51BF #B251BF #BF5195

triadic

#B251BF #BFB251 #51BFB2

tetradic

#B251BF #BF7B51 #5EBF51 #5195BF

square

#B251BF #BF7B51 #5EBF51 #5195BF

split-complementary

#B251BF #95BF51 #51BF7B

monochromatic

#65286D #8F399A #B251BF #C67ECF #DAAAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B251BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#B251BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251BF

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251BF	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E72C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.186 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87d3',
    500: '#b251bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251bf;
$custom-light: #cc87d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59932,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251BF

secondary

#A4CE9E

accent

#D65262

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251BF

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

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