#BD51E6#BD51E6

#BD51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.227 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51E6
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(283, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 65.28, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 86.54, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.1615 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.227 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2094, 22.4182, 77.1620)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51E6 #7AE651

analogous

#7251E6 #BD51E6 #E651C4

triadic

#BD51E6 #E6BD51 #51E6BD

tetradic

#BD51E6 #E67251 #7AE651 #51C4E6

square

#BD51E6 #E67251 #7AE651 #51C4E6

split-complementary

#BD51E6 #C4E651 #51E672

monochromatic

#7E18A5 #A71FDA #BD51E6 #D187EE #E6BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#BD51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#BD51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51E6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51E6	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.227 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589ef',
    500: '#bd51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51e6;
$custom-light: #d589ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.49,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63583,
    "c": 0.22705,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51E6

secondary

#BDE5AD

accent

#D70E46

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51E6

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

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