#BF51E5#BF51E5

#BF51E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.227 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF51E5
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 65.52, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 86.13, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1639 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.227 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5690, 22.6198, 76.4479)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF51E5 #77E551

analogous

#7551E5 #BF51E5 #E551C1

triadic

#BF51E5 #E5BF51 #51E5BF

tetradic

#BF51E5 #E57551 #77E551 #51C1E5

square

#BF51E5 #E57551 #77E551 #51C1E5

split-complementary

#BF51E5 #C1E551 #51E575

monochromatic

#8018A3 #A920D8 #BF51E5 #D386ED #E6BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BF51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BF51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF51E5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF51E5	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.227 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d689ee',
    500: '#bf51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf51e5;
$custom-light: #d689ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.595,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63772,
    "c": 0.22689,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF51E5

secondary

#BBE5AD

accent

#D60F42

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF51E5

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

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