#BF51E6#BF51E6

#BF51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.228 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF51E6
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(284, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 65.72, -56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 86.58, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.1639 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.228 316)
XYZ	xyz(38.7090, 22.6758, 77.1854)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF51E6 #78E651

analogous

#7451E6 #BF51E6 #E651C2

triadic

#BF51E6 #E6BF51 #51E6BF

tetradic

#BF51E6 #E67451 #78E651 #51C2E6

square

#BF51E6 #E67451 #78E651 #51C2E6

split-complementary

#BF51E6 #C2E651 #51E674

monochromatic

#8018A5 #A91FDA #BF51E6 #D387EE #E6BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BF51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BF51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF51E6

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF51E6	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.228 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d689ef',
    500: '#bf51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf51e6;
$custom-light: #d689ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.295,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63833,
    "c": 0.22782,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.22674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF51E6

secondary

#BCE5AD

accent

#D70E43

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF51E6

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

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