#C251E1#C251E1

#C251E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.224 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251E1
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 65.42, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 84.41, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1676 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.224 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7793, 22.7921, 73.5762)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251E1 #70E151

analogous

#7A51E1 #C251E1 #E151B8

triadic

#C251E1 #E1C251 #51E1C2

tetradic

#C251E1 #E17A51 #70E151 #51B8E1

square

#C251E1 #E17A51 #70E151 #51B8E1

split-complementary

#C251E1 #B8E151 #51E17A

monochromatic

#811B9D #AC24D1 #C251E1 #D485EA #E7B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C251E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C251E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251E1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251E1	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5887DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.224 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889eb',
    500: '#c251e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251e1;
$custom-light: #d889eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.083,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.22442,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251E1

secondary

#B7E3AB

accent

#ED3A61

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251E1

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

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