#BD51E3#BD51E3

#BD51E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.224 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51E3
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 64.68, -55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 85.17, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1616 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.224 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7917, 22.2511, 74.9623)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51E3 #77E351

analogous

#7451E3 #BD51E3 #E351C0

triadic

#BD51E3 #E3BD51 #51E3BD

tetradic

#BD51E3 #E37451 #77E351 #51C0E3

square

#BD51E3 #E37451 #77E351 #51C0E3

split-complementary

#BD51E3 #C0E351 #51E374

monochromatic

#7D1AA0 #A622D5 #BD51E3 #D186EB #E5BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BD51E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BD51E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51E3

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51E3	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.224 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d489ec',
    500: '#bd51e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51e3;
$custom-light: #d489ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.22425,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51E3

secondary

#BBE4AC

accent

#D41144

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51E3

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

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