#B251EC#B251EC

#B251EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.229 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251EC
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 236)
HSL	hsl(278, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 64.13, -61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 89.19, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.1477 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.229 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4399, 21.4067, 81.5529)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251EC #8BEC51

analogous

#6451EC #B251EC #EC51D9

triadic

#B251EC #ECB251 #51ECB2

tetradic

#B251EC #EC6451 #8BEC51 #51D9EC

square

#B251EC #EC6451 #8BEC51 #51D9EC

split-complementary

#B251EC #D9EC51 #51EC64

monochromatic

#7513AF #9A1AE6 #B251EC #CA88F2 #E3BFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B251EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B251EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251EC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251EC	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B81E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.229 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88f3',
    500: '#b251ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251ec;
$custom-light: #cd88f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.548,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62623,
    "c": 0.22906,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251EC

secondary

#C5E9B0

accent

#DD0958

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251EC

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

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