#BD51DE#BD51DE

#BD51DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.220 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51DE
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(286, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 63.70, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 82.90, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1617 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.22 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1116, 21.9791, 71.3806)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51DE #72DE51

analogous

#7651DE #BD51DE #DE51B9

triadic

#BD51DE #DEBD51 #51DEBD

tetradic

#BD51DE #DE7651 #72DE51 #51B9DE

square

#BD51DE #DE7651 #72DE51 #51B9DE

split-complementary

#BD51DE #B9DE51 #51DE76

monochromatic

#7B1D98 #A527CB #BD51DE #D184E8 #E4B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BD51DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BD51DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51DE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51DE	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.220 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489e9',
    500: '#bd51de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51de;
$custom-light: #d489e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.957,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.631,
    "c": 0.21959,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51DE

secondary

#B7E1AA

accent

#EB3D66

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51DE

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

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