#B251CE#B251CE

#B251CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.200 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251CE
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 57.97, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 75.16, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1485 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.2 318)
XYZ	xyz(32.4416, 19.8074, 60.4949)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251CE #6DCE51

analogous

#7451CE #B251CE #CE51AC

triadic

#B251CE #CEB251 #51CEB2

tetradic

#B251CE #CE7451 #6DCE51 #51ACCE

square

#B251CE #CE7451 #6DCE51 #51ACCE

split-complementary

#B251CE #ACCE51 #51CE74

monochromatic

#6C2480 #9432B0 #B251CE #C781DB #DCB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B251CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B251CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251CE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251CE	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.200 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87dd',
    500: '#b251ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251ce;
$custom-light: #cc87dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.56,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60773,
    "c": 0.19982,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.19806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251CE

secondary

#AFD7A4

accent

#DF486A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251CE

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

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