#BD51D5#BD51D5

#BD51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.211 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51D5
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 61.97, -48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 78.84, 321.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1617 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.211 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9375, 21.5094, 65.1966)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51D5 #69D551

analogous

#7B51D5 #BD51D5 #D551AB

triadic

#BD51D5 #D5BD51 #51D5BD

tetradic

#BD51D5 #D57B51 #69D551 #51ABD5

square

#BD51D5 #D57B51 #69D551 #51ABD5

split-complementary

#BD51D5 #ABD551 #51D57B

monochromatic

#77218A #A22DBC #BD51D5 #D082E1 #E2B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BD51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BD51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51D5

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51D5	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.211 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488e2',
    500: '#bd51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51d5;
$custom-light: #d488e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62575,
    "c": 0.21128,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51D5

secondary

#B0DBA6

accent

#E44461

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51D5

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

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