#C251BC#C251BC

#C251BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.192 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251BC
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(303, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 58.73, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 68.50, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.1657 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.192 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2674, 20.9873, 49.8133)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251BC #51C257

analogous

#9051C2 #C251BC #C25184

triadic

#C251BC #BCC251 #51BCC2

tetradic

#C251BC #C29051 #51C257 #5184C2

square

#C251BC #C29051 #51C257 #5184C2

split-complementary

#C251BC #84C251 #51C290

monochromatic

#71286D #9E3799 #C251BC #D27ECD #E2ACDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C251BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C251BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251BC

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251BC	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4975BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.192 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d788d0',
    500: '#c251bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251bc;
$custom-light: #d788d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.186,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61893,
    "c": 0.19193,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251BC

secondary

#9FD0A2

accent

#D85750

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251BC

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

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