#C451DF#C451DF

#C451DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.223 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451DF
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 223)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 63.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 65.50, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 83.59, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1699 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.223 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0250, 22.9501, 72.1719)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451DF #6CDF51

analogous

#7D51DF #C451DF #DF51B3

triadic

#C451DF #DFC451 #51DFC4

tetradic

#C451DF #DF7D51 #6CDF51 #51B3DF

square

#C451DF #DF7D51 #6CDF51 #51B3DF

split-complementary

#C451DF #B3DF51 #51DF7D

monochromatic

#821C99 #AD26CD #C451DF #D685E9 #E7B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C451DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C451DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451DF

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451DF	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B88DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.223 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989e9',
    500: '#c451df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451df;
$custom-light: #d989e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.592,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.22346,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451DF

secondary

#B5E1AA

accent

#EC3C5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451DF

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

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