#B251C8#B251C8

#B251C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.194 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251C8
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 56.79, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 72.40, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.1484 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.194 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7266, 19.5214, 56.7292)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251C8 #67C851

analogous

#7751C8 #B251C8 #C851A2

triadic

#B251C8 #C8B251 #51C8B2

tetradic

#B251C8 #C87751 #67C851 #51A2C8

square

#B251C8 #C87751 #67C851 #51A2C8

split-complementary

#B251C8 #A2C851 #51C877

monochromatic

#692679 #9235A7 #B251C8 #C780D7 #DBAEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B251C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B251C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251C8

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251C8	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3573CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.194 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87d9',
    500: '#b251c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251c8;
$custom-light: #cc87d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.908,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6043,
    "c": 0.19409,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251C8

secondary

#ABD3A1

accent

#DB4C67

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251C8

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

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