#C251DC#C251DC

#C251DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.220 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251DC
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 220)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 64.47, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 82.18, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1676 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.22 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1072, 22.5233, 70.0364)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251DC #6BDC51

analogous

#7D51DC #C251DC #DC51B1

triadic

#C251DC #DCC251 #51DCC2

tetradic

#C251DC #DC7D51 #6BDC51 #51B1DC

square

#C251DC #DC7D51 #6BDC51 #51B1DC

split-complementary

#C251DC #B1DC51 #51DC7D

monochromatic

#7E1E95 #AA28C8 #C251DC #D484E6 #E6B7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C251DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C251DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251DC

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251DC	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C87D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.220 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889e7',
    500: '#c251dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251dc;
$custom-light: #d889e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.777,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6362,
    "c": 0.21988,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251DC

secondary

#B3E0A9

accent

#E93E5E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251DC

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

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