#B251E8#B251E8

#B251E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.225 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251E8
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 63.28, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 87.30, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.148 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.225 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8653, 21.1769, 78.5265)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251E8 #87E851

analogous

#6751E8 #B251E8 #E851D3

triadic

#B251E8 #E8B251 #51E8B2

tetradic

#B251E8 #E86751 #87E851 #51D3E8

square

#B251E8 #E86751 #87E851 #51D3E8

split-complementary

#B251E8 #D3E851 #51E867

monochromatic

#7416A8 #991DDE #B251E8 #CA87EF #E2BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B251E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B251E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251E8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251E8	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F81E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.225 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88f0',
    500: '#b251e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251e8;
$custom-light: #cd88f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.543,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.22514,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251E8

secondary

#C2E7AE

accent

#D90D56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251E8

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

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