#C251DE#C251DE

#C251DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.222 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251DE
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 64.85, -51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 83.07, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1676 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.222 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3737, 22.6298, 71.4398)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251DE #6DDE51

analogous

#7C51DE #C251DE #DE51B4

triadic

#C251DE #DEC251 #51DEC2

tetradic

#C251DE #DE7C51 #6DDE51 #51B4DE

square

#C251DE #DE7C51 #6DDE51 #51B4DE

split-complementary

#C251DE #B4DE51 #51DE7C

monochromatic

#7F1D98 #AB27CB #C251DE #D484E8 #E6B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C251DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#C251DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251DE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251DE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A87DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.222 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889e9',
    500: '#c251de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251de;
$custom-light: #d889e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.085,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.22169,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251DE

secondary

#B5E1AA

accent

#EB3D5F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251DE

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

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