#BE51E6#BE51E6

#BE51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.227 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE51E6
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 65.50, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 86.56, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1627 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.227 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4583, 22.5466, 77.1736)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE51E6 #79E651

analogous

#7351E6 #BE51E6 #E651C3

triadic

#BE51E6 #E6BE51 #51E6BE

tetradic

#BE51E6 #E67351 #79E651 #51C3E6

square

#BE51E6 #E67351 #79E651 #51C3E6

split-complementary

#BE51E6 #C3E651 #51E673

monochromatic

#7F18A5 #A81FDA #BE51E6 #D287EE #E6BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BE51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BE51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE51E6

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE51E6	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)

#0A7CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.227 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589ef',
    500: '#be51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be51e6;
$custom-light: #d589ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.893,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63708,
    "c": 0.22743,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE51E6

secondary

#BCE5AD

accent

#D70E44

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE51E6

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

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