#BD51E4#BD51E4

#BD51E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.225 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51E4
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 64.88, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 85.63, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1616 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.225 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9301, 22.3065, 75.6913)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51E4 #78E451

analogous

#7451E4 #BD51E4 #E451C1

triadic

#BD51E4 #E4BD51 #51E4BD

tetradic

#BD51E4 #E47451 #78E451 #51C1E4

square

#BD51E4 #E47451 #78E451 #51C1E4

split-complementary

#BD51E4 #C1E451 #51E474

monochromatic

#7D19A2 #A621D7 #BD51E4 #D186EC #E5BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BD51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BD51E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51E4

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51E4	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.225 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589ed',
    500: '#bd51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51e4;
$custom-light: #d589ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63461,
    "c": 0.22519,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51E4

secondary

#BBE4AC

accent

#D51045

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51E4

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

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