#BD51BB#BD51BB

#BD51BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.188 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51BB
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(301, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 57.23, -35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 67.58, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.16 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.188 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8979, 20.2936, 49.1884)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51BB #51BD53

analogous

#8951BD #BD51BB #BD5185

triadic

#BD51BB #BBBD51 #51BBBD

tetradic

#BD51BB #BD8951 #51BD53 #5185BD

square

#BD51BB #BD8951 #51BD53 #5185BD

split-complementary

#BD51BB #85BD51 #51BD89

monochromatic

#6B296A #973996 #BD51BB #CE7DCC #DFAADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BD51BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BD51BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51BB

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51BB	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4773BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.188 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488d0',
    500: '#bd51bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51bb;
$custom-light: #d488d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6117,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51BB

secondary

#9ECC9E

accent

#D55653

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51BB

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

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