#B451E8#B451E8

#B451E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.226 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B451E8
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 63.72, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 87.32, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1504 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.226 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3276, 21.4153, 78.5482)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B451E8 #85E851

analogous

#6951E8 #B451E8 #E851D1

triadic

#B451E8 #E8B451 #51E8B4

tetradic

#B451E8 #E86951 #85E851 #51D1E8

square

#B451E8 #E86951 #85E851 #51D1E8

split-complementary

#B451E8 #D1E851 #51E869

monochromatic

#7616A8 #9C1DDE #B451E8 #CB87EF #E3BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B451E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B451E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B451E8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B451E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B451E8	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b451e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.226 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce88f0',
    500: '#b451e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b451e8;
$custom-light: #ce88f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b451e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.338,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62605,
    "c": 0.22579,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B451E8

secondary

#C2E7AE

accent

#D90D53

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B451E8

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

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