#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
RGBrgb(194, 81, 200)
HSLhsl(297, 52%, 55%)
HSVhsv(297, 60%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(53.52, 60.81, -41.24)
CIE-LCHlch(53.52, 73.48, 325.85°)
OKLaboklab(62.51% 0.1669 -0.1141)
OKLCHoklch(62.51% 0.202 325.6)
XYZxyz(35.6151, 21.5264, 56.9115)
Luminance0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C251C81.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

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

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#C251C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva