#C251BF#C251BF

#C251BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.194 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251BF
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(302, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(302, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 59.24, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 69.72, 328.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1661 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.194 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5941, 21.1180, 51.5342)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251BF #51C254

analogous

#8D51C2 #C251BF #C25187

triadic

#C251BF #BFC251 #51BFC2

tetradic

#C251BF #C28D51 #51C254 #5187C2

square

#C251BF #C28D51 #51C254 #5187C2

split-complementary

#C251BF #87C251 #51C28D

monochromatic

#71286F #9E379C #C251BF #D27ED0 #E2ACE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#C251BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#C251BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251BF

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251BF	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4675C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.194 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d788d2',
    500: '#c251bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251bf;
$custom-light: #d788d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.593,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62044,
    "c": 0.19443,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251BF

secondary

#9FD0A1

accent

#D85450

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251BF

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

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