#C451C9#C451C9

#C451C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.204 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451C9
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 201)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(298, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 61.49, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 74.05, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1692 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.204 326)
XYZ	xyz(36.2493, 21.8398, 57.5532)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451C9 #56C951

analogous

#8851C9 #C451C9 #C95192

triadic

#C451C9 #C9C451 #51C9C4

tetradic

#C451C9 #C98851 #56C951 #5192C9

square

#C451C9 #C98851 #56C951 #5192C9

split-complementary

#C451C9 #92C951 #51C988

monochromatic

#76267A #A434A9 #C451C9 #D480D7 #E4AEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C451C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#C451C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451C9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451C9	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.204 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989da',
    500: '#c451c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451c9;
$custom-light: #d989da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62829,
    "c": 0.20406,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.21838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451C9

secondary

#A4D4A2

accent

#DC4C52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451C9

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

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