#B451E4#B451E4

#B451E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.222 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451E4
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 62.89, -57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 85.45, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1507 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.222 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7659, 21.1906, 75.5899)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451E4 #81E451

analogous

#6A51E4 #B451E4 #E451CA

triadic

#B451E4 #E4B451 #51E4B4

tetradic

#B451E4 #E46A51 #81E451 #51CAE4

square

#B451E4 #E46A51 #81E451 #51CAE4

split-complementary

#B451E4 #CAE451 #51E46A

monochromatic

#7519A2 #9B21D7 #B451E4 #CB86EC #E2BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B451E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B451E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451E4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451E4	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.222 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88ed',
    500: '#b451e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451e4;
$custom-light: #ce88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62352,
    "c": 0.2219,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451E4

secondary

#BFE4AC

accent

#D51051

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451E4

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

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