#B451B9#B451B9

#B451B9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.181 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451B9
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 185)
HSL	hsl(297, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(297, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 56.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 54.48, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 65.87, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1496 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.181 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5211, 19.0927, 47.9672)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451B9 #56B951

analogous

#8051B9 #B451B9 #B9518A

triadic

#B451B9 #B9B451 #51B9B4

tetradic

#B451B9 #B98051 #56B951 #518AB9

square

#B451B9 #B98051 #56B951 #518AB9

split-complementary

#B451B9 #8AB951 #51B980

monochromatic

#632966 #8E3B92 #B451B9 #C77DCB #DAA8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B451B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#B451B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451B9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451B9	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4371BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.181 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87ce',
    500: '#b451b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451b9;
$custom-light: #cd87ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.115,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59874,
    "c": 0.18117,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451B9

secondary

#9ECA9C

accent

#D2555B

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451B9

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

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