#B851E6#B851E6

#B851E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.225 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B851E6
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 64.18, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 86.45, 317.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1555 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.225 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9901, 21.7895, 77.1048)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B851E6 #7FE651

analogous

#6D51E6 #B851E6 #E651C9

triadic

#B851E6 #E6B851 #51E6B8

tetradic

#B851E6 #E66D51 #7FE651 #51C9E6

square

#B851E6 #E66D51 #7FE651 #51C9E6

split-complementary

#B851E6 #C9E651 #51E66D

monochromatic

#7918A5 #A11FDA #B851E6 #CE87EE #E4BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B851E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B851E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B851E6

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B851E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B851E6	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b851e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.225 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ef',
    500: '#b851e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b851e6;
$custom-light: #d188ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b851e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.477,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62965,
    "c": 0.22523,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B851E6

secondary

#BFE5AD

accent

#D70E4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B851E6

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

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