#BF51D5#BF51D5

#BF51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.212 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF51D5
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 62.45, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 78.94, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.164 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.212 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4371, 21.7671, 65.2201)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF51D5 #67D551

analogous

#7D51D5 #BF51D5 #D551A9

triadic

#BF51D5 #D5BF51 #51D5BF

tetradic

#BF51D5 #D57D51 #67D551 #51A9D5

square

#BF51D5 #D57D51 #67D551 #51A9D5

split-complementary

#BF51D5 #A9D551 #51D57D

monochromatic

#79218A #A42DBC #BF51D5 #D182E1 #E3B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BF51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BF51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF51D5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF51D5	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.212 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589e2',
    500: '#bf51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf51d5;
$custom-light: #d589e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62832,
    "c": 0.21218,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF51D5

secondary

#AFDBA6

accent

#E4445E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF51D5

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

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