#B451AF#B451AF

#B451AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.172 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451AF
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 175)
HSL	hsl(303, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 52.69, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 61.62, 328.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1484 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.172 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5024, 18.6852, 42.6018)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451AF #51B456

analogous

#8751B4 #B451AF #B4517D

triadic

#B451AF #AFB451 #51AFB4

tetradic

#B451AF #B48751 #51B456 #517DB4

square

#B451AF #B48751 #51B456 #517DB4

split-complementary

#B451AF #7DB451 #51B487

monochromatic

#612A5E #8C3C88 #B451AF #C67CC3 #D9A7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B451AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B451AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451AF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451AF	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.172 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87c7',
    500: '#b451af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451af;
$custom-light: #cd87c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.03,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59367,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451AF

secondary

#9BC69D

accent

#D05E58

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451AF

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

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