#B451E5#B451E5

#B451E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.223 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451E5
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 63.09, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 85.92, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.1506 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.223 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9052, 21.2463, 76.3231)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451E5 #82E551

analogous

#6A51E5 #B451E5 #E551CC

triadic

#B451E5 #E5B451 #51E5B4

tetradic

#B451E5 #E56A51 #82E551 #51CCE5

square

#B451E5 #E56A51 #82E551 #51CCE5

split-complementary

#B451E5 #CCE551 #51E56A

monochromatic

#7518A3 #9B20D8 #B451E5 #CB86ED #E2BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B451E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B451E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451E5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451E5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4581E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.223 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88ee',
    500: '#b451e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451e5;
$custom-light: #ce88ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.135,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62415,
    "c": 0.22287,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451E5

secondary

#BFE5AD

accent

#D60F51

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451E5

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

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