#B251EF#B251EF

#B251EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.232 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B251EF
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 64.77, -63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 90.61, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1474 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.232 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8794, 21.5825, 83.8677)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B251EF #8EEF51

analogous

#6351EF #B251EF #EF51DD

triadic

#B251EF #EFB251 #51EFB2

tetradic

#B251EF #EF6351 #8EEF51 #51DDEF

square

#B251EF #EF6351 #8EEF51 #51DDEF

split-complementary

#B251EF #DDEF51 #51EF63

monochromatic

#7611B5 #9919EA #B251EF #CB89F4 #E4C1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B251EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B251EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B251EF

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B251EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B251EF	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3781EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9729A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b251ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.232 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd88f5',
    500: '#b251ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b251ef;
$custom-light: #cd88f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b251ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.835,
    "s": 83.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.23201,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B251EF

secondary

#C7EAB1

accent

#E0065A

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B251EF

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

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