#BE51B3#BE51B3

#BE51B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.182 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE51B3
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 179)
HSL	hsl(306, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(306, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 56.14, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 64.44, 330.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.1601 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.182 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3142, 20.0889, 44.8146)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE51B3 #51BE5C

analogous

#9251BE #BE51B3 #BE517C

triadic

#BE51B3 #B3BE51 #51B3BE

tetradic

#BE51B3 #BE9251 #51BE5C #517CBE

square

#BE51B3 #BE9251 #51BE5C #517CBE

split-complementary

#BE51B3 #7CBE51 #51BE92

monochromatic

#6C2865 #99398F #BE51B3 #CF7EC6 #DFAADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BE51B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BE51B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE51B3

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE51B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE51B3	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be51b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.182 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ca',
    500: '#be51b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be51b3;
$custom-light: #d488ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be51b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.055,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60909,
    "c": 0.18202,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE51B3

secondary

#9ECDA3

accent

#D56053

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE51B3

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

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