#C281DF#C281DF

#C281DF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.149 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C281DF
RGB	rgb(194, 129, 223)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 42.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 41.31, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 56.24, 317.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.1048 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.149 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4156, 32.4986, 73.7835)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C281DF #9EDF81

analogous

#9381DF #C281DF #DF81CD

triadic

#C281DF #DFC281 #81DFC2

tetradic

#C281DF #DF9381 #9EDF81 #81CDDF

square

#C281DF #DF9381 #9EDF81 #81CDDF

split-complementary

#C281DF #CDDF81 #81DF93

monochromatic

#8D2FB7 #AA50D3 #C281DF #DAB2EB #F1E3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#C281DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#C281DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C281DF

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C281DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C281DF	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7097E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c281df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 129, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.149 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a7e9',
    500: '#c281df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c281df;
$custom-light: #d6a7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c281df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.489,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70433,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C281DF

secondary

#D9ECD0

accent

#C71E52

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C281DF

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

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