#C251CE#C251CE

#C251CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.207 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251CE
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(294, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 61.89, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 76.04, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1672 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.207 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3301, 21.8124, 60.6772)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251CE #5DCE51

analogous

#8451CE #C251CE #CE519C

triadic

#C251CE #CEC251 #51CEC2

tetradic

#C251CE #CE8451 #5DCE51 #519CCE

square

#C251CE #CE8451 #5DCE51 #519CCE

split-complementary

#C251CE #9CCE51 #51CE84

monochromatic

#782480 #A432B0 #C251CE #D381DB #E3B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#C251CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#C251CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251CE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251CE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.207 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d789dd',
    500: '#c251ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251ce;
$custom-light: #d789dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62833,
    "c": 0.20737,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251CE

secondary

#A9D7A4

accent

#DF4857

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251CE

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

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