#B251CC#B251CC

#B251CC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.198 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251CC
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 204)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 57.57, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 74.24, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1485 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.198 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2002, 19.7108, 59.2235)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251CC #6BCC51

analogous

#7451CC #B251CC #CC51A8

triadic

#B251CC #CCB251 #51CCB2

tetradic

#B251CC #CC7451 #6BCC51 #51A8CC

square

#B251CC #CC7451 #6BCC51 #51A8CC

split-complementary

#B251CC #A8CC51 #51CC74

monochromatic

#6B257E #9333AD #B251CC #C780DA #DCB0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B251CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B251CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251CC

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251CC	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3174D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.198 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87dc',
    500: '#b251cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251cc;
$custom-light: #cc87dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.317,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60658,
    "c": 0.1979,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251CC

secondary

#AED6A3

accent

#DE4A69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251CC

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

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