#BF51D6#BF51D6

#BF51D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.213 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF51D6
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 214)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 62.64, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 79.38, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.164 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.213 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5644, 21.8180, 65.8906)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF51D6 #68D651

analogous

#7C51D6 #BF51D6 #D651AA

triadic

#BF51D6 #D6BF51 #51D6BF

tetradic

#BF51D6 #D67C51 #68D651 #51AAD6

square

#BF51D6 #D67C51 #68D651 #51AAD6

split-complementary

#BF51D6 #AAD651 #51D67C

monochromatic

#79218C #A42DBD #BF51D6 #D183E2 #E3B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BF51D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BF51D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF51D6

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF51D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF51D6	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D85D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf51d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.213 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589e3',
    500: '#bf51d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf51d6;
$custom-light: #d589e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf51d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.624,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62889,
    "c": 0.2131,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF51D6

secondary

#B0DCA7

accent

#E5435F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF51D6

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

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