#B451AD#B451AD

#B451AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.171 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451AD
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 173)
HSL	hsl(304, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 52.34, -30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 60.79, 329.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1481 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.171 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3074, 18.6072, 41.5750)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451AD #51B458

analogous

#8951B4 #B451AD #B4517B

triadic

#B451AD #ADB451 #51ADB4

tetradic

#B451AD #B48951 #51B458 #517BB4

square

#B451AD #B48951 #51B458 #517BB4

split-complementary

#B451AD #7BB451 #51B489

monochromatic

#612A5D #8C3C86 #B451AD #C67CC1 #D9A7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B451AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B451AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451AD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451AD	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B6FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.171 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87c5',
    500: '#b451ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451ad;
$custom-light: #cd87c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.242,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59269,
    "c": 0.17058,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451AD

secondary

#9BC69E

accent

#D06158

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451AD

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

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