#BD51DB#BD51DB

#BD51DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.217 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51DB
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 63.12, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 81.54, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1617 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.217 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7131, 21.8197, 69.2819)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51DB #6FDB51

analogous

#7851DB #BD51DB #DB51B4

triadic

#BD51DB #DBBD51 #51DBBD

tetradic

#BD51DB #DB7851 #6FDB51 #51B4DB

square

#BD51DB #DB7851 #6FDB51 #51B4DB

split-complementary

#BD51DB #B4DB51 #51DB78

monochromatic

#7A1E93 #A429C6 #BD51DB #D084E5 #E3B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BD51DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BD51DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51DB

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51DB	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.217 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489e7',
    500: '#bd51db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51db;
$custom-light: #d489e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.21681,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51DB

secondary

#B5DFA9

accent

#E93F64

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51DB

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

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