#B251D6#B251D6

#B251D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.208 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251D6
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 214)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 59.57, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 78.86, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1486 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.208 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4382, 20.2060, 65.7440)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251D6 #75D651

analogous

#6F51D6 #B251D6 #D651B8

triadic

#B251D6 #D6B251 #51D6B2

tetradic

#B251D6 #D66F51 #75D651 #51B8D6

square

#B251D6 #D66F51 #75D651 #51B8D6

split-complementary

#B251D6 #B8D651 #51D66F

monochromatic

#6F218C #962DBD #B251D6 #C883E2 #DEB4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B251D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B251D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251D6

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251D6	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2376DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.208 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88e3',
    500: '#b251d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251d6;
$custom-light: #cc88e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.759,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61246,
    "c": 0.20755,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251D6

secondary

#B5DCA7

accent

#E5436F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251D6

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

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