#B851E5#B851E5

#B851E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.224 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B851E5
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 63.97, -57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 85.98, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1555 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.224 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8501, 21.7335, 76.3674)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B851E5 #7EE551

analogous

#6E51E5 #B851E5 #E551C8

triadic

#B851E5 #E5B851 #51E5B8

tetradic

#B851E5 #E56E51 #7EE551 #51C8E5

square

#B851E5 #E56E51 #7EE551 #51C8E5

split-complementary

#B851E5 #C8E551 #51E56E

monochromatic

#7918A3 #A020D8 #B851E5 #CE86ED #E3BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B851E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B851E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B851E5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B851E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B851E5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b851e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.224 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ee',
    500: '#b851e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b851e5;
$custom-light: #d188ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b851e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62903,
    "c": 0.22427,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B851E5

secondary

#BEE5AD

accent

#D60F4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B851E5

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

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