#C251D9#C251D9

#C251D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.217 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251D9
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 217)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 63.91, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 80.85, 322.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1676 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.217 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7135, 22.3658, 67.9627)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251D9 #68D951

analogous

#7E51D9 #C251D9 #D951AC

triadic

#C251D9 #D9C251 #51D9C2

tetradic

#C251D9 #D97E51 #68D951 #51ACD9

square

#C251D9 #D97E51 #68D951 #51ACD9

split-complementary

#C251D9 #ACD951 #51D97E

monochromatic

#7D1F90 #A92AC2 #C251D9 #D483E4 #E5B5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C251D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C251D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251D9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251D9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E86D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.217 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889e5',
    500: '#c251d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251d9;
$custom-light: #d889e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.853,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.21717,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251D9

secondary

#B1DEA8

accent

#E7415D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251D9

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

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