#C451C8#C451C8

#C451C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.203 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451C8
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(298, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(298, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 61.31, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 73.63, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1691 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.203 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1320, 21.7929, 56.9357)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451C8 #55C851

analogous

#8851C8 #C451C8 #C85191

triadic

#C451C8 #C8C451 #51C8C4

tetradic

#C451C8 #C88851 #55C851 #5191C8

square

#C451C8 #C88851 #55C851 #5191C8

split-complementary

#C451C8 #91C851 #51C888

monochromatic

#762679 #A335A7 #C451C8 #D480D7 #E4AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#C451C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#C451C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451C8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451C8	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.203 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989d9',
    500: '#c451c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451c8;
$custom-light: #d989d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.983,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62777,
    "c": 0.2032,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451C8

secondary

#A3D3A1

accent

#DB4C51

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451C8

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

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