#C451E3#C451E3

#C451E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.227 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451E3
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 227)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 66.26, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 85.37, 320.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1699 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.227 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5706, 23.1684, 75.0457)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451E3 #70E351

analogous

#7B51E3 #C451E3 #E351B9

triadic

#C451E3 #E3C451 #51E3C4

tetradic

#C451E3 #E37B51 #70E351 #51B9E3

square

#C451E3 #E37B51 #70E351 #51B9E3

split-complementary

#C451E3 #B9E351 #51E37B

monochromatic

#831AA0 #AF22D5 #C451E3 #D686EB #E8BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C451E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#C451E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451E3

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451E3	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5888DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.227 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989ec',
    500: '#c451e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451e3;
$custom-light: #d989ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.26,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64284,
    "c": 0.22706,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451E3

secondary

#B8E4AC

accent

#D4113B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451E3

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

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