#C251E7#C251E7

#C251E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.230 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251E7
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 231)
HSL	hsl(285, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 64.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 66.58, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 87.10, 319.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.1674 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.23 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6122, 23.1253, 77.9628)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251E7 #76E751

analogous

#7751E7 #C251E7 #E751C1

triadic

#C251E7 #E7C251 #51E7C2

tetradic

#C251E7 #E77751 #76E751 #51C1E7

square

#C251E7 #E77751 #76E751 #51C1E7

split-complementary

#C251E7 #C1E751 #51E777

monochromatic

#8317A7 #AE1EDC #C251E7 #D587EE #E8BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C251E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C251E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251E7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251E7	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.230 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889ef',
    500: '#c251e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251e7;
$custom-light: #d889ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.2299,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251E7

secondary

#BCE6AE

accent

#D80E3F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251E7

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

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