#C251DF#C251DF

#C251DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.223 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251DF
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 223)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 63.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 65.04, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 83.52, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1676 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.223 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5081, 22.6836, 72.1477)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251DF #6EDF51

analogous

#7B51DF #C251DF #DF51B5

triadic

#C251DF #DFC251 #51DFC2

tetradic

#C251DF #DF7B51 #6EDF51 #51B5DF

square

#C251DF #DF7B51 #6EDF51 #51B5DF

split-complementary

#C251DF #B5DF51 #51DF7B

monochromatic

#801C99 #AB26CD #C251DF #D485E9 #E6B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C251DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C251DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251DF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251DF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5987DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.223 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889e9',
    500: '#c251df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251df;
$custom-light: #d889e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.746,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63794,
    "c": 0.2226,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251DF

secondary

#B6E1AA

accent

#EC3C60

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251DF

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

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