#BE51E5#BE51E5

#BE51E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.227 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE51E5
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 65.30, -56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 86.10, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1627 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.227 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3183, 22.4906, 76.4362)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE51E5 #78E551

analogous

#7451E5 #BE51E5 #E551C2

triadic

#BE51E5 #E5BE51 #51E5BE

tetradic

#BE51E5 #E57451 #78E551 #51C2E5

square

#BE51E5 #E57451 #78E551 #51C2E5

split-complementary

#BE51E5 #C2E551 #51E574

monochromatic

#7F18A3 #A820D8 #BE51E5 #D286ED #E6BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BE51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BE51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE51E5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE51E5	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.227 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589ee',
    500: '#be51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be51e5;
$custom-light: #d589ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.189,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63647,
    "c": 0.2265,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE51E5

secondary

#BCE5AD

accent

#D60F44

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE51E5

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

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