#C251E9#C251E9

#C251E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.232 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C251E9
RGB	rgb(194, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 66.97, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 88.01, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.1674 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.232 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8963, 23.2389, 79.4590)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C251E9 #78E951

analogous

#7651E9 #C251E9 #E951C4

triadic

#C251E9 #E9C251 #51E9C2

tetradic

#C251E9 #E97651 #78E951 #51C4E9

square

#C251E9 #E97651 #78E951 #51C4E9

split-complementary

#C251E9 #C4E951 #51E976

monochromatic

#8416AA #AE1CE0 #C251E9 #D587F0 #E8BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C251E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C251E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C251E9

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C251E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C251E9	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#067EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5188E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c251e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.232 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d889f1',
    500: '#c251e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c251e9;
$custom-light: #d889f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c251e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.605,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64391,
    "c": 0.23174,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C251E9

secondary

#BDE7AF

accent

#DA0C41

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C251E9

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

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