#C451BF#C451BF

#C451BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.196 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451BF
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(303, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 59.76, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 69.92, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.1683 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.196 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1110, 21.3845, 51.5584)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451BF #51C456

analogous

#9051C4 #C451BF #C45186

triadic

#C451BF #BFC451 #51BFC4

tetradic

#C451BF #C49051 #51C456 #5186C4

square

#C451BF #C49051 #51C456 #5186C4

split-complementary

#C451BF #86C451 #51C490

monochromatic

#732770 #A1379D #C451BF #D37FD0 #E3ACE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C451BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C451BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451BF

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451BF	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4876C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.196 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d988d2',
    500: '#c451bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451bf;
$custom-light: #d988d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.1956,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451BF

secondary

#A0D1A2

accent

#D9554F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451BF

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

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