#B251DD#B251DD

#B251DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.214 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251DD
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 61.00, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 82.13, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1485 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.214 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3515, 20.5713, 70.5537)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251DD #7CDD51

analogous

#6C51DD #B251DD #DD51C2

triadic

#B251DD #DDB251 #51DDB2

tetradic

#B251DD #DD6C51 #7CDD51 #51C2DD

square

#B251DD #DD6C51 #7CDD51 #51C2DD

split-complementary

#B251DD #C2DD51 #51DD6C

monochromatic

#711D96 #9827C9 #B251DD #C984E7 #DFB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B251DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B251DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251DD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251DD	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1278E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.214 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88e8',
    500: '#b251dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251dd;
$custom-light: #cd88e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61672,
    "c": 0.21437,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251DD

secondary

#BAE0AA

accent

#EA3E73

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251DD

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

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