#B451E6#B451E6

#B451E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.224 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451E6
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 63.30, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 86.39, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1506 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.224 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0452, 21.3023, 77.0605)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451E6 #83E651

analogous

#6951E6 #B451E6 #E651CD

triadic

#B451E6 #E6B451 #51E6B4

tetradic

#B451E6 #E66951 #83E651 #51CDE6

square

#B451E6 #E66951 #83E651 #51CDE6

split-complementary

#B451E6 #CDE651 #51E669

monochromatic

#7618A5 #9C1FDA #B451E6 #CB87EE #E2BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B451E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#B451E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451E6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451E6	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.224 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88ef',
    500: '#b451e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451e6;
$custom-light: #ce88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.866,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.22383,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451E6

secondary

#C0E5AD

accent

#D70E52

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451E6

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

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