#B851F3#B851F3

#B851F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.238 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B851F3
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 243)
HSL	hsl(278, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 66.86, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 92.49, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1546 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.238 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8842, 22.5471, 87.0803)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B851F3 #8CF351

analogous

#6751F3 #B851F3 #F351DD

triadic

#B851F3 #F3B851 #51F3B8

tetradic

#B851F3 #F36751 #8CF351 #51DDF3

square

#B851F3 #F36751 #8CF351 #51DDF3

split-complementary

#B851F3 #DDF351 #51F367

monochromatic

#7D0DBD #A118EF #B851F3 #CF8AF7 #E7C4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B851F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B851F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B851F3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B851F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B851F3	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A84EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0739C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b851f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.238 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d289f8',
    500: '#b851f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b851f3;
$custom-light: #d289f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b851f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.148,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63795,
    "c": 0.2377,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B851F3

secondary

#C8EDB3

accent

#E40254

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FF

border

#D3CBD7

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B851F3

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

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