#BF51DB#BF51DB

#BF51DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.218 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF51DB
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 63.59, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 81.62, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.1641 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.218 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2128, 22.0773, 69.3053)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF51DB #6DDB51

analogous

#7A51DB #BF51DB #DB51B2

triadic

#BF51DB #DBBF51 #51DBBF

tetradic

#BF51DB #DB7A51 #6DDB51 #51B2DB

square

#BF51DB #DB7A51 #6DDB51 #51B2DB

split-complementary

#BF51DB #B2DB51 #51DB7A

monochromatic

#7B1E93 #A629C6 #BF51DB #D284E5 #E4B6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BF51DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BF51DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF51DB

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF51DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF51DB	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5985D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf51db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.218 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d689e7',
    500: '#bf51db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf51db;
$custom-light: #d689e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf51db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63178,
    "c": 0.21766,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF51DB

secondary

#B4DFA9

accent

#E93F62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF51DB

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

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