#C251E6#C251E6

#C251E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.229 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251E6
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 66.38, -55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 86.65, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.1675 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.229 317)
XYZ	xyz(39.4714, 23.0689, 77.2211)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251E6 #75E651

analogous

#7751E6 #C251E6 #E651C0

triadic

#C251E6 #E6C251 #51E6C2

tetradic

#C251E6 #E67751 #75E651 #51C0E6

square

#C251E6 #E67751 #75E651 #51C0E6

split-complementary

#C251E6 #C0E651 #51E677

monochromatic

#8318A5 #AD1FDA #C251E6 #D587EE #E8BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C251E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C251E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251E6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251E6	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.229 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889ef',
    500: '#c251e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251e6;
$custom-light: #d889ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.503,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6421,
    "c": 0.22898,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.23067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251E6

secondary

#BBE5AD

accent

#D70E3F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251E6

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

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