#B251E0#B251E0

#B251E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.217 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251E0
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 224)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 63.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 61.61, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 83.54, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1484 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.217 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7547, 20.7326, 72.6776)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251E0 #7FE051

analogous

#6A51E0 #B251E0 #E051C7

triadic

#B251E0 #E0B251 #51E0B2

tetradic

#B251E0 #E06A51 #7FE051 #51C7E0

square

#B251E0 #E06A51 #7FE051 #51C7E0

split-complementary

#B251E0 #C7E051 #51E06A

monochromatic

#721C9B #9825CF #B251E0 #C985E9 #E0B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B251E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B251E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251E0

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251E0	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0679E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4880DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.217 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88ea',
    500: '#b251e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251e0;
$custom-light: #cd88ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.699,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.21729,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251E0

secondary

#BDE2AB

accent

#ED3B74

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251E0

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

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