#B451AE#B451AE

#B451AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.171 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451AE
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 174)
HSL	hsl(304, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 52.52, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 61.20, 329.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1482 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.171 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4045, 18.6460, 42.0865)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451AE #51B457

analogous

#8851B4 #B451AE #B4517C

triadic

#B451AE #AEB451 #51AEB4

tetradic

#B451AE #B48851 #51B457 #517CB4

square

#B451AE #B48851 #51B457 #517CB4

split-complementary

#B451AE #7CB451 #51B488

monochromatic

#612A5E #8C3C87 #B451AE #C67CC2 #D9A7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B451AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#B451AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451AE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451AE	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.171 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87c6',
    500: '#b451ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451ae;
$custom-light: #cd87c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59318,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451AE

secondary

#9BC69D

accent

#D05F58

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451AE

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

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