#B851CD#B851CD

#B851CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.202 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B851CD
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(290, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(290, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 59.24, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 75.00, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1556 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.202 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7277, 20.4846, 59.9231)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B851CD #66CD51

analogous

#7A51CD #B851CD #CD51A4

triadic

#B851CD #CDB851 #51CDB8

tetradic

#B851CD #CD7A51 #66CD51 #51A4CD

square

#B851CD #CD7A51 #66CD51 #51A4CD

split-complementary

#B851CD #A4CD51 #51CD7A

monochromatic

#70257F #9A32AF #B851CD #CB81DB #DFB0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B851CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B851CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B851CD

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B851CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B851CD	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b851cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.202 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d088dd',
    500: '#b851cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b851cd;
$custom-light: #d088dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b851cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61479,
    "c": 0.2016,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B851CD

secondary

#ACD7A3

accent

#DF4962

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B851CD

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

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