#B251E4#B251E4

#B251E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.221 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251E4
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 62.45, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 85.42, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1482 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.221 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3036, 20.9522, 75.5682)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251E4 #83E451

analogous

#6851E4 #B251E4 #E451CC

triadic

#B251E4 #E4B251 #51E4B2

tetradic

#B251E4 #E46851 #83E451 #51CCE4

square

#B251E4 #E46851 #83E451 #51CCE4

split-complementary

#B251E4 #CCE451 #51E468

monochromatic

#7319A2 #9921D7 #B251E4 #C986EC #E1BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B251E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B251E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251E4

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251E4	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.221 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88ed',
    500: '#b251e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251e4;
$custom-light: #cd88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.592,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.22121,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251E4

secondary

#BFE4AC

accent

#D51053

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251E4

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

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