#C251E2#C251E2

#C251E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.225 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251E2
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 65.61, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 84.86, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1676 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.225 318)
XYZ	xyz(38.9161, 22.8468, 74.2967)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251E2 #71E251

analogous

#7A51E2 #C251E2 #E251B9

triadic

#C251E2 #E2C251 #51E2C2

tetradic

#C251E2 #E27A51 #71E251 #51B9E2

square

#C251E2 #E27A51 #71E251 #51B9E2

split-complementary

#C251E2 #B9E251 #51E27A

monochromatic

#811A9E #AC23D3 #C251E2 #D485EB #E7BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C251E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C251E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251E2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251E2	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5787DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.225 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889ec',
    500: '#c251e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251e2;
$custom-light: #d889ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.759,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63971,
    "c": 0.22533,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.22845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251E2

secondary

#B8E3AC

accent

#D3123D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251E2

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

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