#C251CC#C251CC

#C251CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.206 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251CC
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 204)
HSL	hsl(295, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(295, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 60.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 61.52, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 75.18, 324.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1671 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.206 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0887, 21.7159, 59.4057)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251CC #5BCC51

analogous

#8451CC #C251CC #CC5198

triadic

#C251CC #CCC251 #51CCC2

tetradic

#C251CC #CC8451 #5BCC51 #5198CC

square

#C251CC #CC8451 #5BCC51 #5198CC

split-complementary

#C251CC #98CC51 #51CC84

monochromatic

#77257E #A333AD #C251CC #D380DA #E3B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#C251CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#C251CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251CC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251CC	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C78D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.206 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d789dc',
    500: '#c251cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251cc;
$custom-light: #d789dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.122,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62725,
    "c": 0.20561,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251CC

secondary

#A7D6A3

accent

#DE4A56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251CC

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

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