#C251DD#C251DD

#C251DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.221 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251DD
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 64.66, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 82.62, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1676 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.221 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2400, 22.5764, 70.7360)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251DD #6CDD51

analogous

#7C51DD #C251DD #DD51B2

triadic

#C251DD #DDC251 #51DDC2

tetradic

#C251DD #DD7C51 #6CDD51 #51B2DD

square

#C251DD #DD7C51 #6CDD51 #51B2DD

split-complementary

#C251DD #B2DD51 #51DD7C

monochromatic

#7F1D96 #AA27C9 #C251DD #D484E7 #E6B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C251DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C251DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251DD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251DD	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.221 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889e8',
    500: '#c251dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251dd;
$custom-light: #d889e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63677,
    "c": 0.22078,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251DD

secondary

#B4E0AA

accent

#EA3E5F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251DD

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

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