#BF51CD#BF51CD

#BF51CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.205 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF51CD
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 60.96, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 75.42, 323.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1638 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.205 323)
XYZ	xyz(35.4467, 21.3709, 60.0037)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF51CD #5FCD51

analogous

#8151CD #BF51CD #CD519D

triadic

#BF51CD #CDBF51 #51CDBF

tetradic

#BF51CD #CD8151 #5FCD51 #519DCD

square

#BF51CD #CD8151 #5FCD51 #519DCD

split-complementary

#BF51CD #9DCD51 #51CD81

monochromatic

#75257F #A132AF #BF51CD #D081DB #E2B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BF51CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BF51CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF51CD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF51CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF51CD	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf51cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.205 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d588dd',
    500: '#bf51cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf51cd;
$custom-light: #d588dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf51cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.226,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62385,
    "c": 0.20499,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.21369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF51CD

secondary

#A9D7A3

accent

#DF495A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF51CD

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

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