#B451B5#B451B5

#B451B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.178 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451B5
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 181)
HSL	hsl(299, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(299, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 53.76, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 64.14, 326.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1492 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.178 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1048, 18.9261, 45.7745)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451B5 #52B551

analogous

#8251B5 #B451B5 #B55184

triadic

#B451B5 #B5B451 #51B5B4

tetradic

#B451B5 #B58251 #52B551 #5184B5

square

#B451B5 #B58251 #52B551 #5184B5

split-complementary

#B451B5 #84B551 #51B582

monochromatic

#612A62 #8C3C8D #B451B5 #C77CC7 #D9A7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B451B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B451B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451B5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451B5	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4670B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.178 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87cb',
    500: '#b451b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451b5;
$custom-light: #cd87cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59668,
    "c": 0.17758,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451B5

secondary

#9BC79B

accent

#D05859

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451B5

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

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