#C451E4#C451E4

#C451E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.228 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451E4
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 66.45, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 85.81, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1699 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.228 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7090, 23.2237, 75.7747)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451E4 #71E451

analogous

#7A51E4 #C451E4 #E451BA

triadic

#C451E4 #E4C451 #51E4C4

tetradic

#C451E4 #E47A51 #71E451 #51BAE4

square

#C451E4 #E47A51 #71E451 #51BAE4

split-complementary

#C451E4 #BAE451 #51E47A

monochromatic

#8419A2 #AF21D7 #C451E4 #D686EC #E8BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C451E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C451E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451E4

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451E4	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5888E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.228 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989ed',
    500: '#c451e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451e4;
$custom-light: #d989ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.939,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64343,
    "c": 0.22797,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451E4

secondary

#B9E4AC

accent

#D5103B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451E4

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

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