#BD51E8#BD51E8

#BD51E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.229 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD51E8
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 65.67, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 87.45, 318.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1614 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.229 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4918, 22.5312, 78.6496)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD51E8 #7CE851

analogous

#7251E8 #BD51E8 #E851C8

triadic

#BD51E8 #E8BD51 #51E8BD

tetradic

#BD51E8 #E87251 #7CE851 #51C8E8

square

#BD51E8 #E87251 #7CE851 #51C8E8

split-complementary

#BD51E8 #C8E851 #51E872

monochromatic

#7F16A8 #A71DDE #BD51E8 #D287EF #E6BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BD51E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BD51E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD51E8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD51E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD51E8	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd51e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.229 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589f0',
    500: '#bd51e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd51e8;
$custom-light: #d589f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd51e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.914,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.22893,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD51E8

secondary

#BEE7AE

accent

#D90D47

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD51E8

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

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