#C251C8#C251C8

#C251C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.202 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251C8
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(297, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 60.81, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 73.48, 325.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1669 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.202 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6151, 21.5264, 56.9115)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251C8 #57C851

analogous

#8751C8 #C251C8 #C85192

triadic

#C251C8 #C8C251 #51C8C2

tetradic

#C251C8 #C88751 #57C851 #5192C8

square

#C251C8 #C88751 #57C851 #5192C8

split-complementary

#C251C8 #92C851 #51C887

monochromatic

#742679 #A135A7 #C251C8 #D280D7 #E3AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C251C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C251C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251C8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251C8	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6885C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.202 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d788d9',
    500: '#c251c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251c8;
$custom-light: #d788d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.975,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62511,
    "c": 0.20212,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251C8

secondary

#A4D3A1

accent

#DB4C54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251C8

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

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