#B251EE#B251EE

#B251EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.231 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251EE
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 66%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 64.55, -62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 90.14, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.1475 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.231 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7321, 21.5236, 83.0918)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251EE #8DEE51

analogous

#6351EE #B251EE #EE51DC

triadic

#B251EE #EEB251 #51EEB2

tetradic

#B251EE #EE6351 #8DEE51 #51DCEE

square

#B251EE #EE6351 #8DEE51 #51DCEE

split-complementary

#B251EE #DCEE51 #51EE63

monochromatic

#7511B3 #9919E9 #B251EE #CB89F3 #E3C1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B251EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B251EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251EE

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251EE	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3881EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.231 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88f4',
    500: '#b251ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251ee;
$custom-light: #cd88f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.07,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.23103,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251EE

secondary

#C7EAB1

accent

#DF0759

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251EE

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

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