#B251D5#B251D5

#B251D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.207 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251D5
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 59.37, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 78.40, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1486 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.207 316)
XYZ	xyz(33.3109, 20.1551, 65.0735)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251D5 #74D551

analogous

#7051D5 #B251D5 #D551B6

triadic

#B251D5 #D5B251 #51D5B2

tetradic

#B251D5 #D57051 #74D551 #51B6D5

square

#B251D5 #D57051 #74D551 #51B6D5

split-complementary

#B251D5 #B6D551 #51D570

monochromatic

#6E218A #962DBC #B251D5 #C882E1 #DEB4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B251D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B251D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251D5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251D5	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2576D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.207 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87e2',
    500: '#b251d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251d5;
$custom-light: #cc87e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61186,
    "c": 0.20658,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.20154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251D5

secondary

#B4DBA6

accent

#E4446E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251D5

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

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