#BD51BE#BD51BE

#BD51BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.191 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51BE
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 57.76, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 68.83, 327.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1604 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.191 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2224, 20.4234, 50.8974)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51BE #52BE51

analogous

#8751BE #BD51BE #BE5188

triadic

#BD51BE #BEBD51 #51BEBD

tetradic

#BD51BE #BE8751 #52BE51 #5188BE

square

#BD51BE #BE8751 #52BE51 #5188BE

split-complementary

#BD51BE #88BE51 #51BE87

monochromatic

#6C286C #983999 #BD51BE #CE7ECF #DFAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BD51BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BD51BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51BE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51BE	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4474C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.191 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488d2',
    500: '#bd51be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51be;
$custom-light: #d488d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.45,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61323,
    "c": 0.1907,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51BE

secondary

#9ECD9E

accent

#D55354

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51BE

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

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