#C451E6#C451E6

#C451E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.230 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451E6
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 66.83, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 86.71, 320.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1698 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.23 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9883, 23.3354, 77.2454)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451E6 #73E651

analogous

#7951E6 #C451E6 #E651BD

triadic

#C451E6 #E6C451 #51E6C4

tetradic

#C451E6 #E67951 #73E651 #51BDE6

square

#C451E6 #E67951 #73E651 #51BDE6

split-complementary

#C451E6 #BDE651 #51E679

monochromatic

#8518A5 #B01FDA #C451E6 #D687EE #E8BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#C451E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C451E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451E6

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451E6	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5688E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.230 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d989ee',
    500: '#c451e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451e6;
$custom-light: #d989ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.309,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.22978,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451E6

secondary

#BAE5AD

accent

#D70E3C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451E6

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

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