#B251CF#B251CF

#B251CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.201 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251CF
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 207)
HSL	hsl(286, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 60.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 58.17, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 75.62, 320.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1486 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.201 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5634, 19.8561, 61.1367)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251CF #6ECF51

analogous

#7351CF #B251CF #CF51AD

triadic

#B251CF #CFB251 #51CFB2

tetradic

#B251CF #CF7351 #6ECF51 #51ADCF

square

#B251CF #CF7351 #6ECF51 #51ADCF

split-complementary

#B251CF #ADCF51 #51CF73

monochromatic

#6C2482 #9431B2 #B251CF #C781DC #DCB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B251CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B251CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251CF

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251CF	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D75D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.201 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87de',
    500: '#b251cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251cf;
$custom-light: #cc87de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.19,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.20078,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251CF

secondary

#B0D8A4

accent

#E0486B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251CF

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

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