#B251DB#B251DB

#B251DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.212 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251DB
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 60.58, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 81.20, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1485 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.212 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0866, 20.4654, 69.1587)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251DB #7ADB51

analogous

#6D51DB #B251DB #DB51BF

triadic

#B251DB #DBB251 #51DBB2

tetradic

#B251DB #DB6D51 #7ADB51 #51BFDB

square

#B251DB #DB6D51 #7ADB51 #51BFDB

split-complementary

#B251DB #BFDB51 #51DB6D

monochromatic

#701E93 #9729C6 #B251DB #C884E5 #DFB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B251DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B251DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251DB

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251DB	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1877DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.212 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88e7',
    500: '#b251db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251db;
$custom-light: #cd88e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.21241,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251DB

secondary

#B9DFA9

accent

#E93F72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251DB

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

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