#B451E2#B451E2

#B451E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.220 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451E2
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 62.47, -56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 84.51, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1508 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.22 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4899, 21.0802, 74.1361)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451E2 #7FE251

analogous

#6C51E2 #B451E2 #E251C7

triadic

#B451E2 #E2B451 #51E2B4

tetradic

#B451E2 #E26C51 #7FE251 #51C7E2

square

#B451E2 #E26C51 #7FE251 #51C7E2

split-complementary

#B451E2 #C7E251 #51E26C

monochromatic

#741A9E #9B23D3 #B451E2 #CB85EB #E1BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#B451E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B451E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451E2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451E2	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0179E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.220 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88ec',
    500: '#b451e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451e2;
$custom-light: #ce88ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.966,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62226,
    "c": 0.21995,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451E2

secondary

#BDE3AC

accent

#D3124F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451E2

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

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