#BD51D6#BD51D6

#BD51D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.212 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51D6
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 62.16, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 79.29, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1617 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.212 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0648, 21.5604, 65.8672)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51D6 #6AD651

analogous

#7B51D6 #BD51D6 #D651AC

triadic

#BD51D6 #D6BD51 #51D6BD

tetradic

#BD51D6 #D67B51 #6AD651 #51ACD6

square

#BD51D6 #D67B51 #6AD651 #51ACD6

split-complementary

#BD51D6 #ACD651 #51D67B

monochromatic

#78218C #A22DBD #BD51D6 #D083E2 #E3B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BD51D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BD51D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51D6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51D6	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.212 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488e3',
    500: '#bd51d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51d6;
$custom-light: #d488e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.722,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62633,
    "c": 0.2122,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51D6

secondary

#B1DCA7

accent

#E54361

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51D6

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

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