#B251D8#B251D8

#B251D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.209 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251D8
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 59.97, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 79.79, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1486 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.209 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6952, 20.3088, 67.0975)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251D8 #77D851

analogous

#6E51D8 #B251D8 #D851BA

triadic

#B251D8 #D8B251 #51D8B2

tetradic

#B251D8 #D86E51 #77D851 #51BAD8

square

#B251D8 #D86E51 #77D851 #51BAD8

split-complementary

#B251D8 #BAD851 #51D86E

monochromatic

#6F208F #972BC1 #B251D8 #C883E3 #DEB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B251D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B251D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251D8

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251D8	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F77DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.209 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88e5',
    500: '#b251d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251d8;
$custom-light: #cc88e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61366,
    "c": 0.20949,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251D8

secondary

#B7DDA8

accent

#E64170

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251D8

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

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