#C251E8#C251E8

#C251E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.231 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251E8
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 66.77, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 87.56, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1674 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.231 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7539, 23.1819, 78.7088)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251E8 #77E851

analogous

#7751E8 #C251E8 #E851C2

triadic

#C251E8 #E8C251 #51E8C2

tetradic

#C251E8 #E87751 #77E851 #51C2E8

square

#C251E8 #E87751 #77E851 #51C2E8

split-complementary

#C251E8 #C2E851 #51E877

monochromatic

#8416A8 #AE1DDE #C251E8 #D587EF #E8BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C251E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C251E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251E8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251E8	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5288E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.231 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889f0',
    500: '#c251e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251e8;
$custom-light: #d889f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.901,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6433,
    "c": 0.23082,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251E8

secondary

#BCE7AE

accent

#D90D40

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251E8

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

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