#C451CD#C451CD

#C451CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.208 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451CD
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 62.20, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 75.75, 325.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1694 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.208 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7259, 22.0305, 60.0636)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451CD #5ACD51

analogous

#8651CD #C451CD #CD5198

triadic

#C451CD #CDC451 #51CDC4

tetradic

#C451CD #CD8651 #5ACD51 #5198CD

square

#C451CD #CD8651 #5ACD51 #5198CD

split-complementary

#C451CD #98CD51 #51CD86

monochromatic

#79257F #A632AF #C451CD #D481DB #E4B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#C451CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#C451CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451CD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451CD	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.208 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989dd',
    500: '#c451cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451cd;
$custom-light: #d989dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.645,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.20751,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451CD

secondary

#A7D7A3

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451CD

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

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