#B251E6#B251E6

#B251E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.223 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251E6
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 62.86, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 86.36, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.1481 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.223 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5828, 21.0639, 77.0389)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251E6 #85E651

analogous

#6751E6 #B251E6 #E651D0

triadic

#B251E6 #E6B251 #51E6B2

tetradic

#B251E6 #E66751 #85E651 #51D0E6

square

#B251E6 #E66751 #85E651 #51D0E6

split-complementary

#B251E6 #D0E651 #51E667

monochromatic

#7418A5 #991FDA #B251E6 #CA87EE #E1BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#B251E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#B251E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251E6

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251E6	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.223 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88ef',
    500: '#b251e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251e6;
$custom-light: #cd88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.06,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62236,
    "c": 0.22317,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251E6

secondary

#C1E5AD

accent

#D70E54

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251E6

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

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