#B451BD#B451BD

#B451BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.185 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451BD
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 55.22, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 67.61, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.15 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.185 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9493, 19.2639, 50.2224)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451BD #5ABD51

analogous

#7E51BD #B451BD #BD5190

triadic

#B451BD #BDB451 #51BDB4

tetradic

#B451BD #BD7E51 #5ABD51 #5190BD

square

#B451BD #BD7E51 #5ABD51 #5190BD

split-complementary

#B451BD #90BD51 #51BD7E

monochromatic

#65296B #903997 #B451BD #C77DCE #DAAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#B451BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#B451BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451BD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451BD	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.185 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87d1',
    500: '#b451bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451bd;
$custom-light: #cd87d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60084,
    "c": 0.18481,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451BD

secondary

#A1CC9E

accent

#D5535E

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451BD

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

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